Lambeth Food Growing Network

Building an empowered, connected and skilled network of food growers in Lambeth

The Lambeth Food Growing Network is a diverse, eclectic and vibrant collection of people, consisting of over 120 groups, on housing estates, schools and community spaces across the borough. 

IEL is working with network members to co-design a 5-year programme of upskilling workshops and networking events, thanks to generous funding from the City Bridge Foundation. Lambeth growers will gain more opportunities to connect with each other, share skills and resources, and contribute to the future direction of the network.

We have employed a Network Manager, Charlotte Dove, to build relationships with Lambeth’s growing groups, research their needs, and co-design an upskilling programme. If you’re a Lambeth growing space and you’d like to get involved, please contact charlotte.dove@incredibleediblelambeth.org.

Huge thanks to City Bridge Foundation for making this project possible. 

PROJECT UPDATES

Growing Communities Together

We held our ‘Growing Communities Together’ workshop on Saturday in partnership with the South London Botanical Institute and High Trees. Thanks to members to the growing groups at Tulse Hill

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Network Spotlight: June

This month we’re throwing the spotlight on two community gardens which are both beautful, biodiverse spaces providing sanctuary to pollinators and other wildlife, as well as people. Community Healing Garden

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IEL launches Right To Grow

Huge thanks to 30 people that gathered on Monday 29th June to help launch our Right To Grow campaign in Lambeth. Everyone from parks campaigners and schools to community gardens,

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Mushroom Cultivation workshop

We had a very informative and enjoyable workshop with Adi from Urban Mushrooms at Bernie Spain Gardens this week. Adi gave a short presentation about the fasinating world of fungi

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Right to Grow Lambeth

In Lambeth, hundreds of people are growing their own food, building food security, wellbeing and community. Incredible Edible Lambeth is campaigning for the Right To Grow in our borough, with

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Network Spotlight: May

This month we’re shining the spotlight on two gardens with very different stories to tell: Eden Nature Garden, established since 2000; and the Friends of Max Roach Park who set

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Plant swap 24th May 2026

We were delighted that more than 30 people brought and took away a wide range of seedlings at IEL’s plant swap on Sunday 24th May. Huge thanks to volunteers Clara,

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Blooming Lambeth Awards 2026

We are delighted to announce that Blooming Lambeth Awards 2026 is open for applications! We warmly encourage all Lambeth-based growers and gardeners to apply – whether you are a new

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Give us your views!

Our Annual Member Survey 2026 is now live, we’d love to hear from you! The annual survey helps us to understand how we are supporting food growing projects across the

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No-dig workshop 

Huge thanks to everyone that helped transform the Rotunda garden in Cressingham Gardens estate on Tuesday 5th May. Led by IEL’s network manager, Charlotte, we covered weedy ground with cardboard

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Volunteer day at Landor Road

We’re very grateful to the team from DWS who came along to our volunteer day at the Landor Road Garden Project and helped transform an overgrown area into a children’s

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Network Spotlight: April

This month we are throwing the spotlight on two groups, both doing great work with children and young people. La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls’ School The food growing areas at

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Planting day at Moorlands

Huge thanks to everyone that supported our planting day at Moorlands last Tuesday 21st April. The National Lottery Community Fund filmed IEL for its annual report, visiting Moorlands in the

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Building planters from pallets

Last Sunday, we organised an upskilling workshop with Lambeth-based social enterprise Urban Canopy, hosted at the lovely Denmark Hill Community Garden. Food growers and gardeners from nine different community gardens

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Network Spotlight: March

This month we visited two projects: Adi’s Urban Mushrooms and Rosendale Gardens Estate. Adi’s Urban Mushrooms is a social enterprise, based at the Remakery in Brixton. We met Adi Staempfli,

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Fundraising workshop

On Saturday, we held our first fundraising workshop for community food growers, since launching the Lambeth Food Growing Network last summer. The workshop brought together gardeners, food growers and community

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Our Seed Swap this year

Last Saturday we hosted our annual Seed Swap at the Garden Museum, and what a brilliant day it was! The room was full of growers, gardeners, and community groups from

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Network Spotlight: February

This month we are throwing the spotlight on three projects all based in parks and all doing fantastic work to engage the local community. Myatt’s Fields Park The management and

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Network Spotlight: January

It may be cold and gray outside but many of our member sites have been keeping busy over the winter months with seasonal jobs such as maintaining site infrastructure and

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2025: Growing Together

As 2025 draws to a close, we want to say a big thank you to everyone who have been part of growing food and celebrating green spaces across Lambeth with

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Network Spotlight: December

This month we’d like to throw the spotlight on two of our member gardens, both of which are based within Lambeth parks. Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses

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Network Spotlight: October

This month we’re shining the spotlight on two housing estate projects which are both doing brilliant work. St Martin’s Estate We were shown around the food growing areas on the

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Local Nature Recovery Strategy

London’s Local Nature Recovery Strategy is open for public consultation until 29th October 2025. The Greater London Authority is responsible for preparing a Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) for London. Over

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Lambeth Climate Day 2025

We were delighted to take part in Lambeth Climate Day last Saturday, 4th October. We distributed free seeds to community members via our information stand and also hosted some interesting

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Network Spotlight: September

This month we’re casting the spotlight on three brilliant projects, all of whom have transformed neglected spaces in their local area into thriving community gardens, helping to create connections between

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Network Spotlight: August

This month we’d like to throw the spotlight on three beautiful gardens, all making fantastic use of their food growing areas, and providing welcoming spaces to learn about food growing

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Network Spotlight: July

This month I was delighted to be welcomed at two community growing spaces: Loughborough Children’s Centre and 85 Landor Road Loughborough Children’s Centre Sabrina Phipps, Deputy Manager for Early Years

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