GARDEN KITCHEN

The Garden Kitchen is a volunteer-run youth project which will open in September 2007, at theHeap, a community allotment in Levenshulme. The project will initially run for one year, looking at the food-growing cycle across the seasons, as well as low-impact, sustainable building techniques.

In a world where food is needlessly flown all around the world before it reaches the supermarket shelves, it is essential that we look at more sustainable ways of producing our food. During the course of the Garden Kitchen Project, local youth groups will develop skills in all the stages of food production – from preparing the ground, to planting, caring for, and harvesting crops. There will also be workshops on food preparation and low-impact eco-building, which will involve the building and use of a kitchen, constructed using natural materials and providing facilities for cooking and nutrition workshops.

The project will introduce the youth groups to the ideas behind permaculture and vegan organic growing methods, and hopefully will inspire them to think about more sustainable ways of interacting with the land, in the fun, relaxed, beautiful setting of a community allotment.

The establishment of the Garden Kitchen has been made possible by funding from the Big Boost.

For more information, contact gardenkitchen@theheap.org.uk