Our pick-up points
You can pick up your produce from one of ten community pick-ups in Hackney and one in Islington. Please collect during the specified times as any remaining bags will be removed after this. (Leftover produce from the Old Fire Station is given to a homeless shelter.)
NEW pick-up points launching in September at Happy Kitchen under the arches at London Fields and Passing Clouds on Richmond Road in Dalston. See below for more details.
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The Old Fire Station
61 Leswin Road, N16 7NX
Staffed pickup times:
- Wednesdays: 3:30pm to 7:30pm
Self-service pickup times:
- Wednesdays: 7:30pm to 9pm
- Thursdays: 8am to 9pm
- Fridays: 8am to 5pm
If you pick up from the Old Fire Station, you can use the Growing Communities Urban Farm Shop, which is open at the same time as the (staffed) pick-up - and only available to people on the box scheme. The shop sells extra organic items such as eggs, as well as organic veg and fruit and Growing Communities' own Hackney-grown produce (such as figs, salad, strawberries, rhubarb, herbs, artichokes, tomatoes etc).
Chats Palace
42-44 Brooksby's Walk, E9 6DF
- Wednesdays: 4pm to 8:30pm
- Thursdays: 10am to 5pm
Hackney City Farm
Hackney Road, E2 8QA
- Wednesdays: 6pm to 9pm
- Thursdays: 10am to 4:30pm
- Fridays: 10am to 4:30pm
Mother Earth (Albion Rd)
5 Albion Parade, Albion Road, N16 9LD
- Wednesdays: 5pm to 8pm
- Thursdays: 9:30am to 8pm
Mother Earth (Newington Gr.)
101-103 Newington Green Road, N1 4QY
- Wednesdays: 5pm to 8pm
- Thursdays: 9am to 8pm
Castle Climbing Centre
Green Lanes, N4 2HA
- Thursdays: 1pm to 9pm
- Fridays: 1pm to 9pm
- Saturdays: 10am to 3pm
St John of Jerusalem Church
Lauriston Road, E9 7DH
- Thursdays: 11am to 7pm
- Fridays: 10am to 7pm
- Saturdays: 10am to 1pm
Sorry, our St John of Jerusalem Church pickup point is not open. Oversubscribed. Please email us if you would like to join a waiting list for this pickup point.
Happy Kitchen
Mentmore Terrace, E8 3PN
- Thursdays: 11am to 6:30pm
- Fridays: 10am to 6pm
If you go to collect your veg between 6-6.30pm please knock on the door as the cafe will already be closed to the public by then. Thank you.
Organic & Natural
191 Lower Clapton Rd, E5 8EG
- Wednesdays: 6pm to 8pm
- Thursdays: 10am to 8pm
- Fridays: 10am to 8pm
Dalston - Eastern Curve Garden
Dalston Lane
Staffed pickup times:
Self-service pickup times:
- Thursdays: 12pm to 5:30pm
- Fridays: 11am to 5:30pm
- Saturdays: 11am to 3pm
To find pick up box. Enter garden and the Growing Communities box is on the left (down the ramp, next to the wood pile). Please make sure you pick up the bags during the pick up times - many thanks