Fruit Care and Pruning one-day course May 26, 2025 by Laura Fruit Care and Pruning Saturday 19 July 2025, 11 am – 4 pm at Hawkwood Nursery Love your fruit! This one-day course for beginners and more experienced gardeners covers the essentials of pruning and looking after fruit trees and bushes. It includes plenty of practical experience in summer pruning with techniques that can be applied […] Read more »
May Open Day and Plant Sale May 12, 2025 by Laura Plant sales, bargain compost, and more! Join us for our last plant sale in Spring, on Sunday 25th May, 12 pm – 4 pm. Come and get seedlings, plug plants, compost and join a horticultural workshop to help get your food garden flourishing over the coming months. We will also have delicious seasonal fare on […] Read more »
Two Building Opportunities May 9, 2025 by Laura Large Nature Pond Building – Fridays 10am – 4pm – 27 June to 15 August 2025 We are running an eight-week learning opportunity at our Hawkwood site in Chingford from 27 June to build a large nature pond / reservoir. In this project, participants will engage in a shared learning experience with other volunteers of […] Read more »
Job Opportunity: Produce & Marketing Coordinator May 6, 2025 by Laura OrganicLea Produce & Marketing Coordinator (3.5 days/week) We are looking for a new Produce & Marketing Coordinator This person is responsible for putting together interesting, varied and delicious seasonal fruit and veg bags each week for our box scheme, coordinating the sales of produce from our Hawkwood growing site to a number of outlets, and […] Read more »
Food In Our Hands April 24, 2025 by Marlene Barrett On April 26th 2025, we are taking part in Food In Our Hands – a march organised by our trade union the Landworkers’ Alliance, bringing together farmers, growers, food system workers, activists and everyone who has a stake in the UK’s food system (yes – that includes you!). Now is the time for us to […] Read more »
Secrets of the Salad Leaves April 23, 2025 by Laura Secrets of the Salad Leaves: How to Grow, Blend and Eat OrganicLea’s Salad Mix Sat 10 May 2025, 10:30 AM-4:30pm, Hawkwood Plant Nursery, E4 7UH Of all the edible crops, salad leaves make the most sense to be grown in the city. Quality and nutritional value deteriorate rapidly once picked, so they are best consumed […] Read more »
Join our 2025 Flower CSA April 21, 2025 by Laura Sign up for fortnightly bunches of freshly cut flowers delivered to a local pickup point from May-October and bring summer into your home while being part of OrganicLea’s Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Flower Scheme – helping to fund our ongoing work supporting wild pollinators. Read more »
April Open Day and Plant Sale April 10, 2025 by Laura Growing together Join us for our first open day of the year, on Sunday 27th April 12 pm – 4 pm, for a celebration of growing and connecting. We’ll have all you need to give your growing season a head-start – featuring our biggest plant sale of the year, bargain bag-your-own compost, and free plants […] Read more »
Spring/Summer Term Forest School April 3, 2025 by Laura OrganicLea Forest School Join us for an active, spring summer term of Forest Time, OrganicLea’s homegrown forest school for families. Forest Time is run on our beautiful and abundant 12 acre food growing site, Hawkwood Plant Nursery. Our fun, creative, adventurous and fully outdoor sessions are designed to support connections – to ourselves, to each […] Read more »
Mushroom cultivation for beginners March 20, 2025 by Laura Mushroom cultivation for beginners Date: Saturday 12 April 2025 Time: 10:30 am to 4:30 pm (including a lunch break, please bring your own) This one-day workshop will deliver the foundational principles for cultivating many of the mushrooms that are considered edible and medicinal. Combining a mixture of theoretical and practical, the workshop will cover the […] Read more »
