Cranbrook Community Food Garden

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We'll be closing our X-Twitter profile at the end of May. But the garden is still here and growing strong! Be sure to follow us on Instagram:
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@CranbrookCCFG @EdibleSE16 @OctopusCN Winner of our #UrbanHarvest2023 competition for best ‘Climate-friendly Community Meal’ is @CranbrookCCFG! 🍴They had a feast mostly made by their members: locally-grown freshly-made salads, tabbouleh, chilli-smashed cucumber & more!
Photo credit: Lizzy Mace & Aleksandar Genov

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Congrats to all the winners!

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Check out our London Urban Harvest competition winners! 📸🎃Congratulations to @CranbrookCCFG Friends of Frendsbury Gardens & @EdibleSE16 for their winning photos & @OctopusCN for the biggest pumpkin harvest! See photos & more below 👇
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#UrbanHarvest2023

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More photos of our @Capital_Growth #UrbanHarvest2023 climate-friendly community feast. Plates piled high with locally-grown freshly-made salads! Including Middle Eastern tabbouleh & Asian chilli-smashed cucumber, reflecting diverse members. Photos by Lizzy Mace & Aleksandur Genov

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Our @Capital_Growth #UrbanHarvest2023 Harvest Feast! Most dishes made by members from locally-grown food, low-or-no cooking, and mostly vegan (just some eggs and cheese on the side!), it was not only a joyful community meal but climate-friendly too! Photos by Aleksandur Genov

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Busy Saturday as usual a couple of weeks ago during @Capital_Growth #UrbanHarvest2023! Here are some harvest action shots from the gloriously sunny day ☀️ Photos by Aleksandur Genov for Cranbrook Community Food Garden

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To other local community-run gardens, have you had a sign suddenly appear on your fence today? @garden_poets @BgGrowers

[Cranbrook Community Food Garden @CranbrookCCFG]

What was behind the choice not to contact us and involve us in the process of approving and creating the sign? How does this fit with your commitment to working in partnership with communities?

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Buff- or white-tailed bumblebee drinking nectar through a hole in a comfrey flower. We use the leaves to make organic fertiliser. We also use nettle tea, banana peels, and wormeries to feed our beds with nutrient-rich natural goodies.
#MyWildSpace #GoodToGrow2023 @Capital_Growth

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Honey bee covered in pollen. One of the things we do to help protect and restore nature is allow some of our herbs and greens to flower, providing nectar for pollinators.
#MyWildSpace #GoodToGrow2023 @Capital_Growth

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Mint moth on rosemary. After building bee habitats and planting flowers for moths, butterflies and hoverflies, we replaced all our netting with nets with wider holes, to allow pollinating insects through. The garden teems with life 💚
#MyWildSpace #GoodToGrow2023 @Capital_Growth

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Common carder bee drinking from apple blossom. We were so proud that our efforts to protect & restore nature were recognised with 1st prize in the "Best Garden for Wildlife (Group)" category at the Tower Hamlets in Bloom Awards 2022 💚
#MyWildSpace #GoodToGrow2023 @Capital_Growth

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Male common darter dragonfly in the garden. As well as making space for wildlife, planting flowers for insects, and timing our tasks to work with nature's needs, we also use natural pest-control and produce almost all our own compost!
#MyWildSpace #GoodToGrow2023 @Capital_Growth

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Female ruddy darter dragonfly in the garden. We've added spaces for insects & birds, and changed some of our gardening methods to help protect and restore nature - like letting leaves lie till late spring and allowing crops to flower.
#MyWildSpace #GoodToGrow2023 @Capital_Growth

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A willow emerald damselfly using our apple tree as a hunting spot one evening. We think they might have been attracted by the frog pond, just one of the spaces we've made to help protect and restore nature in the garden. #MyWildSpace #GoodToGrow2023 @Capital_Growth

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Just a few months after we built our bird bath and feeding station, we had lots of birds nesting in the garden, including this family of wrens in the roof of our pergola!
#MyWildSpace #GoodToGrow2023 @Capital_Growth

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Male brown hawker dragonfly on lal shak. We've made lots of changes to help protect and restore nature in the garden including bug hotels, flowers for pollinators, a bee mound, a bird bath and feeding station, and a frog pond!
#MyWildSpace #GoodToGrow2023 @Capital_Growth

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Poplar hawk-moth on aubergine leaf. Some of the things we're doing to help protect and restore nature:
* planting flowers for pollinators
* building a bee mound
* making a bird bath and feeding station
* digging a frog pond
#MyWildSpace #GoodToGrow2023 @Capital_Growth