Lambeth Band of Solidarity

• Walk on September 19th 2009 – Collecting rocket seeds
• Walk on August 15th 2009 – Mulberry Stains and Herb Conversations Walk on May 23rd 2009 – Fritters in the Sun 
• Walk on May 9th 2009 – Launch of Invisible Food pack

Meeting instructions:

 THESE VARY MONTH BY MONTH, PLEASE CHECK WITH CERI. THE BELOW MAY NOT APPLY IN AUTUMN MONTHS

Please meet at 10.30am sharp at the entrance to Wyck Gardens, right by the P5

bus stop on Loughborough Road, which is a few minutes walk from

Loughborough Junction station, a few minutes walk from bus routes (35, 45,

345, P4) and a brisk 10-12 minute walk from Brixton tube and train station

(straight up Coldharbour lane and then left at crossroads into

Loughborough Road)

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 Learning new-old skills in 2009 and beyond

What is Invisible Food?:

The Invisible Food project searches for wild food in the Loughborough area of Brixton with local residents. After walking, participants make or cook something such as tea, jam, cordials, wild leaf burgers, fritters, soup or cakes with the herbs, flowers or berries that we find.

Rationale behind the project

Invisible Food came out of a commission by arts organisation Artangel, to explore approaches to play. In the search or hunt for wild food, we enter into a spirit of play, of tracking down, of excitement or expectation. Looking for wild food alters our perception and the way we use our eyes. Other outcomes from playing this ‘game’ is an increased appreciation of our shared environment and where food comes from, as well as potential medicinal and culinary uses of plants. It can also impart a sense of well being and satisfaction from the self-sufficiency of finding and cooking food, not using packaging or needing to go to the supermarket.

What skills can be learnt?

• Identifying plants and learning about their properties

• drawing plants

• reading skills; scanning and skim reading, using Invisible Food library of plant and cookery books for information about a plant

• writing about plants; writing recipes or plant information, poems, adverts for plants emphasising their specific properties

• map making (plotting plants on a piece of land or area)

• cooking jams, soups, cakes

• learning about and using carbon-neutral cooking equipment such as storm kettles and rocket stoves (in suitable environments)

• photography, tile painting

“Now I’ve opened my eyes to the plants, I feel like I’m in a different land. Brixton is teeming with plantlife.” Walk participant