Horseradish stem by B - 23rd July
Next Invisible Food Walks
Friday 9th October 2009 (for World Mental Health day)
Saturday 17th October 2009
Saturday 21st November 2009
Saturday 19th December 2009
and ongoing in 2010 (Every 3rd Saturday of the month)
10.30 – 1pm
All Welcome!
07963 446605 or more info or email Ceri
Write ups of previous walks here
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)
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=wyck%20gardens%20sw9%20map&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl
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?
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Identifying plants and learning about their properties
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drawing plants
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reading skills; scanning and skim reading, using Invisible Food library of plant and cookery books for information about a plant
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writing about plants; writing recipes or plant information, poems, adverts for plants emphasising their specific properties
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map making (plotting plants on a piece of land or area)
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cooking jams, soups, cakes
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learning about and using carbon-neutral cooking equipment such as storm kettles and rocket stoves (in suitable environments)
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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
September 23, 2009 at 8:54 pm
This sounds great and I would love to come. Is it Ok with small children – a 7 and 3 yr old?
I was looking for a website which is a guide to free fruit trees in Lambeth. Do you know of such a site?
Thanks
Hope to be on one of your walks this autumn
September 26, 2009 at 9:28 am
Yes!!! We really welcome children and families! I always bring my 2 and a half year old. And here is
Fruit & Nut Map of South London
Fruit and Nut Trees in or dropping their produce into the public domain in South London.
What’s it for?
To facilitate the gathering and using of windfall fruit that is normally wasted. Please do not scrump private trees, only pick up windfall from public domain.
How do I edit it?
Save it to your maps (open a free Goggle account). Then click the edit button above this text. This will open a tool bar on the map. Click on the pin shape & plonk it where your tree is. You can also view the map as a road map or a satellite image using the buttons along the top of the map.
This map was created following a suggestion at the Great Unleashing of Transition Town Brixton.
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=108090118774269469881.0004586bc0064c2203016&ie=UTF8&ll=51.46128,-0.138016&spn=0.10246,0.2211&z=12
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