It has been an exciting growing season with our Companions #workshops. Including a wide range of teaching #greenskills, #cooking, #art, #textiles and more, here in the heart of #Poplar. These are the upcoming workshops for the summer 2022 programme in association with Leap Micro AD, RUrban, Leaders in Community, Wen, Hill and Poplar HARCA.
Local Blues - Wood Dyeing and Printing Workshop
Date: 7th July 2022 | Time: 12:00-14:30 | Location: R-Urban Poplar
Join us for a day exploring native to England indigo dye from Woad plant. We will learn to print & dye fabric with this beautiful blue colour, while exploring the importance of living and sourcing locally.
Natural Dye and Making Vision Flags
Date: 7th July 2022 | Time: 16:00-19:00 | Location: R-Urban Poplar
workshop we will make community flags which we will explore our hopes and collective visions for the future of Poplar and the Planet. Our final creations will proudly live around R-Urban as reminders of our shared values and dreams.
Hydroponic Salad Growing
Date: 16th July 2022 |Time: 13:00-17:00 | Location: R-Urban Poplar
Join us to learn all about hydroponic growing. We'll assemble a hydroponic salad tower, fill it with homegrown salad plugs and feed it with digestate (liquid fertiliser) from our Anaerobic Digester system. Please bring some lunch with you.
Drop-In Gardening Session
Date: 21st July 2022 | Time: 11:00-16:00 | Location: Teviot Centre
A day of gardening in the shared garden space at the Teviot Centre. Come down and get your hands dirty, planting, growing and managing the garden. Seedlings will be provided for you to take home!
Courgette Harvesting
Date: 28th July 2022 | Time: 17:00-18:30 | Location: Teviot Centre
Learn how to look after your courgettes, how to harvest selectively and use the growing space for other plants.
Courgette Cooking
Date: 28th July 2022 | Time: 18:30-20:00 | Location: R-Urban Poplar
Learn how to look after your courgettes, how to harvest selectively and use the growing space for other plants.
Summer Harvest
Date: 4th August 2022 | Time: 17:00-18:30 | Location: Teviot Centre
Learn about how to make the most of your veg patch through harvesting. We'll pick kale, chard, lettuce, beans and tomatoes that we planted at the Teviot Centre. You can even take some home with you.
Harvest Cooking
Date: 4th August 2022 | Time: 18:30-20:00 | Location: R-Urban Poplar
We'll make a delicious fresh food with ingredients picked at the Teviot Centre. Summer eating at its best!
Drop-in Gardening
Date: 11th August 2022 | Time: 11:00-16:00 | Location: Teviot Centre
A day of gardening in the shared garden space at the Teviot Centre. Come down and get your hands dirty, planting, growing and managing the garden. Seedlings will be provided for you to take home!
Introduction to Fermentation
Date: 18th August 2022 | Time: 17:00-19:30 | Location: R-Urban Poplar
Learn how to make delicious pickles and ferments using homegrown produce so that you can enjoy your summer harvest into the autumn and winter months.
Bengali Feast
Date: 25th August 2022 | Time: 17:00-19:30 | Location: R-Urban Poplar
Join us for a Bengali feast making the most of seasonal produce and resourceful cooking!
Seeds
Date | Time | Location - TBC
Learn all about how to collect seeds from your summer crop, how to look after them until next growing season, and how to best germinate them.
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