2009 Festival: Urban gardening
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Whether you own a window box, a backyard or a whole allotment, are naturally green-fingered or prone to strangle any plant you touch, join us for a completely different kind of gardening holiday, with Emma Townshend.
25th April 2009
Emma Townshend, The Independent on Sunday’s gardening columnist, will guide us through a rarely seen side of London, opening doors to a wealth of secret outside spaces on rooftops, down alleyways and inside office blocks. She’ll demonstrate essential urban skills such as how to grow salad in a window-box and make garden furniture from remaindered building supplies.
We’ll also be joined by legendary guerrilla gardener Richard Reynolds who’ll open your eyes to the neglected flower-beds, concrete planters sprouting litter and empty tree pits just waiting to be transformed. Expect to work hard as we turn a patch of orphaned land into a public pleasure garden.
Throughout the day (25th April 2009), you’ll discover how to live off the land (even if that land is in Zone 1), visit the chefs at Konstam who are known for sourcing all their produce within the M25, and finish the day with an amazing home-grown feast.
date: 25 April 2009 time: 10:00 – 21:00 cost: £95.00 (incl. meals and activities) location: The School of Life 70 Marchmont Street London WC1N 1AB Tel: 0207 833 1010 Email: info@theschooloflife.com For more information and booking visit The School of Life
March 25th, 2009 at 9:55 am
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