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Outreach worker job

We are pleased to announce a new job opportunity for a food growing outreach worker with responsibility for enterprise & partnership development. Application deadline: Tuesday 10 January Download full job description and application details here Organiclea’s Common Sense Growers (CSG) outreach project exists to bring the benefits of local food growing projects to diverse and [...]

‘Tis the season…

What do you buy for someone who says they don’t want anything?!  If your answer isn’t ‘nothing’, you may be interested in Organiclea and the Hornbeam Cafe’s seasonal offerings this year.  Click on the pictures to know more.   Vouchers …for the most local of vegetables in East London. The best way to find out [...]

Enterprise Volunteer

Would you like to know more about running a community enterprise, while making a real difference to people’s lives and health, and receiving support along the way?

Job opportunity

We are pleased to let you know that Organiclea is looking to recruit a part-time worker at our Hawkwood growing site: Vegetable and Fruit Production Worker Download the full job description, person specification and application information here Organiclea took over the lease of the 12 acre Hawkwood site in Northeast London in January 2010. With [...]

Herbal health

Herbal Remedies and Plant Medicine Sunday 30 October, 10-4.30 Come join us for a seasonal herb walk, lecture and practical sessions, on the theme of the medicinal properties of seasonally available berries and roots, like hawthorn and dandelion, especially on their benefits for the immune system. We will make medicinal cordials and tinctures, which you [...]

The vine trail

Growing and looking after grape vines Sat 26 November, 9.30-4 A popular course in 2010 – a one day course that will look at everything to do with growing grape vines, from their planting, and growth training, propagating new plants and specific pruning essentials. It will be based at the Hawkwood growing site, with learning [...]

A Light Chilli

The season’s gone out in a blaze of glory: thirty degrees of roasting October. Across the country, folk seized the summer swansong by the throat, getting out to light barbeques, jump into water, or just do a spot of beer gardening. Thankfully, the mutterings of a tiny minority of misery gutses, moaning about their winter [...]