Q&A with Janie Bickersteth, Director of IEL
Why are you so passionate about working with schools?
I believe that all children should be exposed to the ‘dirt’.
Why does dirt matter? Continue reading…
FREE seedlings from Myatt’s Field Park
We are delighted to announce that Myatt’s Fields Park Project will be giving away free vegetable seedlings to community growing projects in spring and summer 2018. Thanks to funding from London Community Foundation, Lambeth Early Action Partnership and support from Urban Growth and Incredible Edible Lambeth, Myatts Fields Park are able to grow seedlings in their greenhouse and offer them to food growers across Lambeth.
Edible Avenue SW8
We have been helping out just over the border in Wandsworth to establish food growing and ‘greening’ in a neighbourhood of three estates.
Called Edible Avenue SW8 we run gardening and horticultural craft workshops at a community centre and we run a regular gardening volunteering session on a Friday morning. Continue reading…
NEW Brixton Food Growing Map
We love maps, and have just printed a new map of food growing sites in Brixton illustrated by Saskia Selwood.
You can pick up a copy at Brixton Pound cafe, 77 Atlantic Road, Brixton, or at the sites mentioned on the map very soon.
Seed Swap/Share at the Garden Museum
Over 80 people attended our seed swap at the Garden Museum on 27 January 2018 – it was a big success.
There were four themed swapping/sharing tables which were primed with slightly out-of-date seeds donated by Franchi Seeds and then added to by attendees.
We also had guest appearances from Esiah Levy who brought painted sweetcorn and a couple of varieties of pumpkin, and the Freedom Seed Bank who encourage people to save seed and reduce their dependence on bought seeds. Continue reading…
Incredible Edible Lambeth exhibition at the Garden Museum
On Saturday 9th December Incredible Edible Lambeth (IEL) launched its first ever exhibition at the Garden Museum. It is an exhibition of photographs of Blooming Lambeth award winners, taken by founding member Elaine Kramer Continue reading…
Learning about aquaponics
GreenLab is a technology hub supporting the design of new sustainable food systems.
It’s just on the border with Southwark, but we decided to make the most of this new facility and see if we could help increase green tech knowledge amongst our members. We funded five Incredible Edible Lambeth members to attend a workshop on aquaponics in November 2017. Continue reading…
Free training opportunities for community food groups
A popular request from our new members, when signing up, is for training.
We will curate some of our own training but in the meantime here are some training opportunities that are about at the moment. Continue reading…
And the winners are…
The Blooming Lambeth Awards
There were six categories in the Blooming Lambeth awards this year. The winners are listed below. Each winner received £100, and had some beautiful photographs taken of their garden by our Incredible Edible photographer, Elaine Kramer. Those photographs will go into an exhibition to be displayed from December this year at the Garden Museum. We are also developing a mobile version that can come to your garden or event. Continue reading…
A very successful AGM and Blooming Lambeth awards
Incredible Edible Lambeth’s AGM was held on Thursday 12th October at the Garden Museum, and featured the Blooming Lambeth awards, sponsored by Lambeth Council and Engie.
Incredible Edible Lambeth is all about shouting out about all this great community activity that is going on in community gardens and kitchens, and looking for ways to ensure that all our efforts have a real impact in making the borough a better place to live, work and play. Continue reading…