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Marlene Barrett | marlene@organiclea.org.uk | 69 posts
“A path is little more than a habit that comes with a knowledge of a place. It is a sort of ritual of familiarity” – Wendell Berry, The Art Of The Commonplace Any grower worth their earth salt should make regular inspections of their site: the land, soil, plants, animals, events. This may seem obvious, [...]
May 3, 2012
This Sunday, 6 May is international permaculture day – which means a day to celebrate permaculture. At Organiclea’s Hawkwood growing site this coming Sunday we have 2 activities that celebrate permaculture: *From 12-1pm, there will be a guided introduction to permaculture led by Julie Porter. She will use the Hawkwood site to share some inspiring [...]
May 1, 2012
After two years of active waiting, the asparagus crop is coming thick and fast. A fleeting, rare delicacy at the best of times, we’re especially precious about these tender stems right now. The floods and cold spring have stilled the dawn of the British season: the national shortage seeing the cancellation of the annual Asparagus [...]
April 10, 2012
Tuesday 17th April 7pm at the Hornbeam Centre, Walthamstow, E17 9AH Including film screening: The Future of Food (change from previously advertised film) Organiclea with the Community Food Growers Network invite you to join us for an evening exploring why Genetically Modified (GM) crops pose a threat to sustainable food production, what the GM industry [...]
April 10, 2012
Sustainable Beekeeping course The previously advertised course dates have had to change, but we are planning to run this 2 day course in the autumn, so please get in touch via courses[@]organiclea.org.uk if you would be interested in joining it. Course details as below. This course is aimed at everyone from beginners to experienced [...]
March 23, 2012
Hornbeam Seasonal Supper Club Saturday 31st March, 7.30pm As the growing season gets underway, if you want to let someone else do the cooking… come and enjoy a sumptuous supper of locally sown, grown, picked and prepared food on Saturday March 31st. It’s the Hornbeam Café’s first pop-up Seasonal Supper Club Evening. Let your tastebuds [...]
March 14, 2012
Being London growers — Surviving and thriving on the land! Your invite to an event hosted by Organiclea to launch this Spring! Sunday 25 March, 2-5pm: A more formal afternoon of shared ideas and project practicalities with OrganicLea on ‘being London growers’ and Rebecca Laughton on, ‘surviving and thriving on the land’ .. full details [...]
March 1, 2012
The community-based solar panel project is up and running with a new array of panels on the roof of the south-facing warehouse at Hawkwood Nursery, exporting renewable energy to the national grid. Organiclea joined together with several other local Waltham Forest organisations – Forest Recycling Project, The HEET Project, Hornbeam Centre – to form an [...]
February 23, 2012
This Sunday’s open day at Hawkwood finds us looking ahead to fruitful harvests in the autumn with lots of fruit tree activity. Join us for: 12-1: Grafting workshop – if you plant an apple pip from your favourite apple it won’t grow the same fruit, instead grafting is the key to getting the size and [...]
February 2, 2012
*Growing food with urban communities: Apprenticeship opportunity* 6 posts available with Organiclea projects: Starting end March 2012. Length of apprenticeship from 6-9 months The apprentice opportunity These 6 different posts offer opportunities to build basic and technical skills linked to organic food production for enterprise, community development through urban agriculture, volunteer programme coordination and permaculture [...]
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