Hackney Salad

Learn how to grow Hackney Salad - and much more besides...

Growing Communities is recruiting this year's crop of urban growing trainees. Learn all about growing vegetables - especially salad leaves - at our urban market gardens in Hackney.

The (unpaid) traineeship involves one day a week, plus monthly evening tutorials. Runs from the second half of March until the end of September.

To find out more, click the link. Deadline: Monday 4 February.

Trainee growers | Growing Communities Trainee growers Growing Communities is recruiting four volunteer trainee growers. We are looking for enthusiastic people who are keen to learn how to grow food in a sustainable way, enjoy working outdoors and working with others. We welcome applications from all sectors of the community.

Had to share this lush pic of yesterday's Clissold harvest, taken by long-serving volunteer Dewi. Don't forget you can buy just-picked produce from our Clissold site every Monday between 10am and 4pm - and often also from Sara at our Allens Gardens site (on the corner of Manor Road and Bethune Road). Stop by and see what's available.

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Extended deadline. Apply by Wednesday. Spend the summer learning how to grow organic veg alongside our expert grower and fab team of patchwork farmers

Jobs | Growing Communities

Love food and being outside? Want to develop your food-growing skills? We're recruiting this year's crop of four urban trainee growers in Hackney. The (unpaid) traineeship will involve learning all the different aspects involved in growing vegetables with an emphasis on salad leaves. You'll work with Sophie, our grower, learning all aspects of running our urban market gardens. One day and one early evening a week, plus monthly evening tutorials. March till September. https://www.growingcommunities.org/jobs

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Come along on Saturday 11am till 4pm and see how our garden grows

Bring your toddlers to our Clissold Park growing site for some fresh-air fun. Wednesday mornings from 7 June, 10-12. £5. Hunt for minibeasts, taste leaves, join in craft activities, smell herbs, sow seeds, water plants...

Select some sassy salad seedlings at our scrumptious sale this Sunday - Springfield Park, E5, 1-4pm

Learn how to grow organic food in the city. We're recruiting this season's trainee growers - one day a week from April to September. Learn how to grow, harvest and pack award-winning Hackney Salad. Apply by Monday 6th February.

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Come and see where the magic happens - today till 4pm (Clissold) and 5pm (Allens)

Get your (garden) party started...