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Welcome to the Local Food Network web site

Carshalton Community Allotment

nice flowers

It's not just tasty veg we grow at the Carshalton Community Allotment

Food Growing training

sogg seed swap

Come and join in our food network to share tips, seeds, seedlings and produce

The Beanstalk Project

Green Manures

Come with the family and find out all about green manures at our next Beanstalk session

On this site you can…

..find out everything you need to know about:

  • learning how to grow your own delicious organic fresh fruit and vegetables
  • including swapping tips, seeds, plants
  • as well as lots of information about how you can get involved in food growing activities for families as well as adults.
  • there's also lots of information about the One Planet Food project and links to EcoLocal's other services.
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Carshalton Community Allotment

EcoLocal have developed a food growing training centre on a local allotment, where people can learn food growing skills hands-on. The allotment is open to the public on Fridays and Sundays from 10.30am to 1pm. Everybody is welcome to take part growing food and take a share of the harvest home to eat! No need to book, it’s entirely free. … [Read More...]

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Food Growing Training

EcoLocal offers six week Beginners Food Growing Courses which give you practical experience of food growing from preparing the land, learning techniques and planting right through to harvesting and storing. We also offer a fantastic range of one day workshops: • Kitchen Gardening Sunday 5th February • Introduction to Food Growing Saturday 11th February • Fruit Growing Saturday 25th February • Herb Gardening Sunday 4th March … [Read More...]

The Beanstalk Project

The Beanstalk Project is open to families with children, Brownies, Beavers, Scouts, Guides and school groups and offers: • a fun way for families and children to learn how to grow food • advice on growing food at home, on an allotment or elsewhere • free seeds with our activities • Family Fun Food growing sessions – fun hands-on learning events held around the Borough during school holidays. Dates will be on the site, on our calendar or you can join our e-newsletter for regular information … [Read More...]

harvest

One Planet Food

One Planet Food enables those living and working in and around Sutton to buy affordable, delicious and nutritious local food and get fit and healthy through finding out how to grow their own. … [Read More...]