SEWN Together – a localised food growing gathering in West London [SOLD OUT]

SEWN Together – a series of events taking place across South, East, West and North London (hence the acronym!) – dives deep into the four quarters of London to platform the great work happening in food gardens tackling the nature & climate emergency and helping to build more resilient communities.

Each region will have its moment to come together, build connections between neighbouring fellow garden members, and share their vision for community food growing in the capital. A celebration of the diversity, scale and spread of community food growing across London, this event will strengthen connections between community gardens to weave the whole Capital Growth network more tightly together.

The four regional gatherings will work up to the larger Together gathering in Spring 2024 where findings from the SEWN series will be pieced together for feeding into the collective vision.

By welcoming local food growers, community networks and council representatives to each event, we’ll be creating a powerful collective of people who want to see positive change, and are already helping to make that happen. This is a chance for Londoners to share their food growing journeys so far, imagine the future of community food growing and work out the practical next steps to get there.

West Londoners, join us and our co-hosts Social Farms and Gardens for our third of four events at the Hayloft at Horsenden Farm & Hill on Tuesday 30 January from 10.30am-4.30pm to gather gardens in West London.

Programme [To Be Finalised]

10.30am Arrivals & introductions

11am Speaker presentations – Hear from a mix of local councillors, growers and the Capital Growth team about new growing opportunities in West London and exciting activity underway across several boroughs- including speakers from Hammersmith Community Gardens Association and Hounslow Council.

11:45 am Comfort break

12.00 – 1 pm Open group discussion

1 pm Lunch

1.45 pm Guided tour of host garden and space, Friends of Horsenden Hill & Lucy Clark of Mind Food CIO

2:15 pm Breakout groups & further discussions

3.30-3.45pm Comfort break

3.45 pm Reflections & close

4.30pm Event ends

Housekeeping

The meeting space is located up one flight of stairs and the tour will include a walk around an active farm site and growing space. If you have additional questions about accessibility or if you would like to attend but ticket price is a barrier, please contact ali@sustainweb.org to see if we can help.

Capital Growth is London’s largest food growing network, with over 2,000 gardens throughout the city, part of the food and farming charity, Sustain. We offer in-kind support to people who grow their own food in London, including providing access to discounted training, networking events, support with growing to sell and discounts on equipment. Joining our network is free and new ideas or offers of support are always most welcome.

Thank you so much for your interest in this event. We’d like to take this opportunity to remind you that we are a diverse and inclusive community and will not tolerate any kind of discrimination. Please be considerate of other people’s points of view and avoid using offensive language or inappropriate cultural references. We look forward to having an event where everyone feels seen, safe and respected. If you have any concerns don’t hesitate to get in touch with ali@sustainweb.org.