vegetables

Did you know Regent’s Park boasts an allotment these days, alongside its boating lake, open air theatre, sports pitches and various cafes? The central London Royal Park started growing its own this spring and the kitchen garden is looking a picture right now. The tomatoes …

Last we heard, Boris was all up for Londoners sprouting veg in their nooks and crannies to feed the Olympian influx from our own rooftops, windowsills, back yards and balconies. Great, in theory, but left to our own devices we keep buying bags of salad. …

Whilst SE24 isn’t an area famed for its farming community, the annual Lambeth Country Show (as mentioned earlier) will bring a rural touch to Brockwell Park this weekend, featuring sheepdog trials, jousting and bird handling displays among other things. If you prefer your wellies and …

If you were inspired by myfolia.com and their industriously, ingenious, green fingered community or picked up Boris’ 2012 vegetable plots gauntlet then pat yourself on the back – you’re one of over 25,000 gardeners who’ve helped give homes to wildlife this year. Growing plants in …

Ridley Road Market’s metrically-challenged patrons can breathe a sigh of relief: one of its fruit and veg sellers has avoided incarceration for using imperial scales, after she was given a conditional discharge for breaking the Weights and Measures act. Janet Devers, 64, had been making …

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Londonist Takes a Walk on the Wilder Side What is it? Formerly derelict land, King Henry’s Walk Garden is now a thriving, award-winning, organic community garden and peaceful green space. Where is it? Tucked away behind Balls Pond Road, N1 within walking distance of Essex …

St. James Park has a new summer attraction: Next to the already excellent swans, pelicans, geese and flower gardens, there’s a new patch of green — an allotment garden in the style of those planted during the Second World War. Planted in conjunction with an …