Urban Growing & Permaculture Abundance Co-deviser of Abundance project and co-author of the Abundance Handbook – a guide to urban community fruit harvesting available to download from the internet June 09. Abundance also includes advising and supporting projects and giving talks to Transition, community & growing groups across the UK. Initiation of harvesting group in Efford, Plymouth 09. www.growsheffield.com/pages/groShefAbund.html www.growsheffield.com/pages/groshefhandb.html
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on orchard and forest garden cities at two day seminar on Nutopia:
new visions of the city, Cardiff, April 09 www.arcadesproject.org/?cat=6 Orchard City & Abundance presentation at All Our Futures conference, Centre for Sustainable Futures, University of Plymouth, Sept 09
Grow Efford – initial research phase and subsequent commission received for creating projects around food growing, sharing and harvesting in Plymouth working with Plymouth Art Centre, Plymouth Public Health Unit & Heart of Efford Community Partnership from June 09 including: Wild Food in Efford, Plymouth In September 09 hosted a wild food walk in Efford with Tess Wilmot. This included a walk through Efford Valley, tasting of wild hedgerow jelly and other preserves with recipes and a local harvesting trip for apples, pears, and damsons.
Wild Food Forage and Feast in Devonport In June 2009 I ran a wild food walk, cooking event and feast in Devonport for twenty people mostly from the local area. This included harvesting with wild food forager Caroline Davey (Fat Hen) in Mount Wise park and the area surrounding Hamoeze House and creating a meal for us all to share from local wild foods. This project the development of drawings and a small booklet of recipes to be distributed around the local area supported by Groundwork (South West) and Plymouth Public Health Development Unit with Dig 4 Devonport.
Grow Sheffield – founder of lively urban food activists group in Sheffield and part of core team responsible for developing and supporting urban food growing projects and developing new food growing projects integrating creative and artistic engagement. Currently managing Grow Sheffield artist in residence Bob Levene funded by ACE (Yorkshire). This is a new residency as part of our citywide Community Growers project.....see www.growsheffield.com http://www.boblevene.co.uk/?cat=4
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