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Summer in Springfield Park with Growing Communities - Sunday 22nd August.

Growing Communities will be out in force at Springfield Park on Sunday 22nd August as part of the Hackney's Parks for Life Home Grown summer festival.  Come along between 12pm and 5pm and have a tour of our organic market garden with our grower Sara Davies and find out more about our urban food production right here in Hackney.  Children will be able to plant vegetable seeds and take them home to watch them grow. Our two Marketchefs,Nick Furrow and Elizabeth Reeds will be cooking up produce sourced from local farmers at the Stoke Newington Farmers' Market. Nick and Elizabeth will be demonatrating how to make delicious dishes from seasonal vegetables - and there will be lots of opportunities to taste the results. 

Our milkfloat Maisie, (and helpers!) will also be in the park with information about Growing Communities' box scheme, the Stoke Newington Farmers' market, news on forthcoming Growing Communities' events and information on how to join our volunteer programme.

We been shortlisted for the Observer Ethical Awards!

Update: 10/6/10

Growing Communities were shortlisted for the Observer Ethical Awards 2010 in the Best Local Retailer section...but we didn't win... Never mind,  we were delighted to have been shortlisted. Thank you to everyone who voted for us.