Queens Wood Cafe Garden are having a plant sale this Sunday from 11am -5pm! I will be there from 11-2 with a stall and a smile talking to people about one pot pledge and hoepefully signing some households up. Any master gardeners available to help would be much appreciated. Sorry for late notice. Thanks. Katie

A quick story about how word can spread. I took my ‘Pea Shooter’ – a long shallow container for sprouting pea shoots – to the Capital Growth stand at Camden Green Fair. It stimulated lots of conversations about growing pea shoots – and gave me the chance to explain how easy it is. I also [...]

As most people reading this will have heard, I’ve been getting Voluntary Action Islington to grow food INSIDE their office. It is turning out to be a lot of fun. The phone rang this morning and a worried voice said,”Peter, you’ve got to come and see us… urgently. There are TOMATOES growing on some of [...]

Was emailed by a Master Gardeners in waiting, Kate, who’s penciled in for our spring course. She sent a description of a lovely site one street outsite Islington: “I am project director of a herb garden that is newly up and running on the Wenlock Barn Estate. On the same estate we also have a [...]

We encouraged people to join the ‘One Pot Pledge’ in front of Prets on the Euston Rd. Along with volunteers from Food Up Front from south London, I helped people to plant mixed salad leaves in paper coffee cups, explaining to them how they could grow them on a windowsill. People seemed very enthusiastic, some [...]