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]]> http://edibleurban.co.uk/?feed=rss2&p=639 0 Central Hackney, East London http://edibleurban.co.uk/?p=637 http://edibleurban.co.uk/?p=637#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:12:29 +0000 mikey http://edibleurban.co.uk/?p=637 http://edibleurban.co.uk/?feed=rss2&p=637 0 Elephant & Castle, South London http://edibleurban.co.uk/?p=615 http://edibleurban.co.uk/?p=615#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:10:41 +0000 mikey http://edibleurban.co.uk/?p=615 SOLD OUT

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]]> http://edibleurban.co.uk/?feed=rss2&p=613 0 Dericote http://edibleurban.co.uk/?p=54 http://edibleurban.co.uk/?p=54#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:10:57 +0000 mikey http://mikeytomkins.co.uk/map/?p=54 Dericote (zone 16) and Croston Street have large private gardens. Each house uses 14% of its back garden for food production, as was common during World War Two. On the North of Dericote, behind the houses, is a large forest garden. Click on the audio for more details of the edible forest garden.]]> Dericote and Croston Street have large private gardens. Each house uses 14% of its back garden for food production, as was common during World War Two. The audio click features Carene, who describes the large edible forest garden that sits in the middle of the private gardens. [audio:http://edibleurban.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/10-sept-decote-forst.mp3|titles=walk date: 10 sept. Carene describes the hidden Forest Garden off Broadway Market] The forest garden is labelled as 2 on the map. It is currently not visible from the street.

]]> http://edibleurban.co.uk/?feed=rss2&p=54 0 Welshpool & Benjamin Close car parks http://edibleurban.co.uk/?p=52 http://edibleurban.co.uk/?p=52#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:10:51 +0000 mikey http://mikeytomkins.co.uk/map/?p=52 Welshpool (zone 15) Central to this area is the 17 storeys Welshpool House built in 1965. Its surrounding gardens are a fixture of fruit trees and raised beds. Residents garden this space collectively on Saturdays or on days off during the week. The garages in Benjamin Close have been converted to mushroom farms and a large rooftop apiary.]]> Walkers feel that the spaces between buildings are too disjointed. They would like a continuous space that connects Broadway market to the fragmented landscape around the central 17 storey tower block of Welshpool house [audio:http://edibleurban.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/5-sept-Welshpool1.mp3|titles=walk date: 5 Sept. The fragmented landscape around Welshpool]

[audio:http://edibleurban.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/10-sept-garages01.mp3|titles=10 sept garages and gardens]

For one walker, food is the “macguffin”, its the bait to catch the community and not important in itself.[audio:http://edibleurban.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/5-sept-Welshpool.mp3|titles=walk date 5 Sept. food growing is the macguffin] The garages next to Welshpool cover an enormous space. They feel like an old idea, ‘stables’ of future. Walkers start to question the use of the space for car parking.[audio:http://edibleurban.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/07-09-2010_06-garages1.mp3|titles= walk date 07 Sept ... garages]One residents who come comes on the walk likes the garages but only because the alternative would be housing. She has started to cultivate a garden in the public space next to the garages. She takes us on a walk and describes the vegetables she is growing.

Space left over after planning ... perfect for fruit trees?

Some of the many garages around Benjamin Close. City stables of the future?

[audio:http://edibleurban.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/10-sept-garages01.mp3|titles=walk date 10 sept ...  garages and gardens]

Grape vines of Benjamin Close looking north with Welshpool House

[audio:http://edibleurban.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/12-sept-multifunction-of-food.mp3|titles=walk date 12 Sept. multifunction of food ... grape vines as shading]

]]> http://edibleurban.co.uk/?feed=rss2&p=52 0 Regent's Row http://edibleurban.co.uk/?p=50 http://edibleurban.co.uk/?p=50#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:10:45 +0000 mikey http://mikeytomkins.co.uk/map/?p=50 Regents Row . The estate leads up towards houses with private gardens producing 69kg of cabbage with an inter-crop of Spinach equal to 120kg. The public spaces provide a communal gardening club for all ages.]]> Regent’s Row The estate, which has just begun to grow food in its public spaces, leads up towards houses with private gardens producing 69kg of cabbage with an inter-crop of Spinach equal to 120kg.

Regent's Row community garden

Regent's Row community garden

Regent's Row community garden showing courgettes

Regent's Row community garden

The public spaces provide a communal gardening club for all ages. [audio:http://edibleurban.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/12-sept-i-like-eating-food.mp3|titles=walk date 12 Sept. I like eating food][audio:http://edibleurban.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/12-sept-roof-space.mp3|titles=walk date 12 Sept. roof space and architectural spaces]

]]> http://edibleurban.co.uk/?feed=rss2&p=50 0 Whiston Road http://edibleurban.co.uk/?p=48 http://edibleurban.co.uk/?p=48#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:09:50 +0000 mikey http://mikeytomkins.co.uk/map/?p=48 Whiston Road (zone 13), has extensive gardens measuring 0.7 hectare (or 7,000 sq.m) producing a basket of crops totalling 24.67 tonnes.This includes parsnips, Spinach, shallots, and onions from intercropping.]]> Whiston Road, has extensive gardens measuring 0.7 hectare (or 7,000 sq.m) producing a basket of crops totalling 24.67 tonnes.This includes parsnips, Spinach, shallots, and onions from intercropping.

There is one resident who has already begun to grow food. They have been edging their way out incrementally. Vines, full of grapes, mix happily with some ornamentals.

[audio:http://edibleurban.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/12-sept-lone-gardener-of-Whiston-Estate.mp3|titles=walk date 12 Sept. lone gardener of Whiston Estate]

Whiston Estate

Whiston rd food gardener, incremental urban sprawl.

]]> http://edibleurban.co.uk/?feed=rss2&p=48 0 Moye Close http://edibleurban.co.uk/?p=46 http://edibleurban.co.uk/?p=46#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:09:43 +0000 mikey http://mikeytomkins.co.uk/map/?p=46 Moye Close (Zone 12). On the east side of the Goldsmiths Row is a small close. Rows of carrots produce a yield of 13kg a year. These are companion planted with peas (18kg), chives (18kg), onion (72kg) and leeks (174kg). South of Moye Close, an orchard has been planted by the Hackney City Farmers to compliment the farm’s vegetable garden.]]> [audio:http://edibleurban.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/5-sept-Moye.mp3|titles=walk date 5 Sept. Growing and cooking][audio:http://edibleurban.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/07-09-2010_01-moye.mp3|titles=walk date 07 Sept. Barriers and obstacles ]On the east side of the Goldsmiths Row is the small Moya Close. Rows of carrots produce a yield of 13kg a year. These are companion planted with peas (18kg), chives (18kg), onion (72kg) and leeks (174kg). [audio:http://edibleurban.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/10-sept-moye-leisure-space.mp3|titles=walk date 10 Sept. leisure space]

Haggerston Park food forest under construction

South of Moye Close in Haggerston Park, an orchard has been planted by the Hackney City Farmers to compliment the farm’s vegetable garden.[audio:http://edibleurban.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/10-sept-moye-carene02.mp3|titles=walk date 10 Sept. Haggerston Park Forest garden][audio:http://edibleurban.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/10-sept-moye-carene.mp3|titles=walk date 10 Sept. Carene describes Haggerston Park]

]]> http://edibleurban.co.uk/?feed=rss2&p=46 0 Hospital http://edibleurban.co.uk/?p=44 http://edibleurban.co.uk/?p=44#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:09:37 +0000 mikey http://mikeytomkins.co.uk/map/?p=44 Hospital (zone 11) The corner of the former Queen Elizabeth Hospital for children has been disused for years. It is home to several apiaries. If you take a walk down Goldsmiths Row and look up at the roof tops of the empty buildings, you can see thousands of honey bees flying from the 20 hives. The large disused carpark at the rear, is covered is raised beds and produces 100 salad bags per week during the growing session.]]>

The disued Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children car park and tower block.

Disused hospital car park ... perfect for raised beds?

Hospital. The corner of the former Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children has been disused for years. It is home to several apiaries. If you take a walk down Goldsmiths Row and look up at the roof tops of the empty buildings, you can see thousands of honey bees flying from the 20 hives. The large disused carpark at the rear, is covered is raised beds and produces 100 salad bags per week during the growing session.

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