Occupy the Seed and Freedom Seed Bank – Join us on 2nd Oct
‘Seed is the source of life and the first link in the food chain. Control over seed means a control over our lives, our food and our freedom’. Vandana Shiva Well that was enough for us at FOOD from the SKY and now many more in London to respond to the call and Occupy the Seed … Read more
Looking for unreasonable, creative and Earth Community lovers…and Freedom Seed Bank conversation…
Hi dear all Azul here ! I am so excited to be returning to the roof to hold the Wednesday volunteering sessions starting this week on the 12th: We are looking for unreasonable, creative and earth community lovers to volunteer at FOOD from the SKY ! We will look and work with basic Biodynamics focussing on … Read more
Children’s Workshops Postponed
We’re sorry to report that we have had to postpone the Children’s Holiday Workshops until the Autumn due to a low number of bookings. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and will be sure to let you know the details of the Workshops planned for Autumn as soon as they become available. Other … Read more
Sunshine, new products, special offers and more
So, finally we see the sun! A great relief after having the garden plagued by slugs, snails and wet, wet conditions for the last couple of months! (yes, believe it or not – snails and slugs do find their way up to the roof!) If you’re a regular FOOD from the SKY customer, you’ll be … Read more
Join our children’s summer holiday workshops in August
Announcing our exciting holiday programme: This summer we’re holding some great workshops…join us in August for our Children’s Summer Workshops. If you haven’t yet been to our wonderful garden in the sky – now is the perfect opportunity! Either drop the kids off for a couple of hours and enjoy a breather and a coffee, … Read more
Events for the summer…update
We’re sorry to report that we have decided to cancel the Summer Garden party that was scheduled for next Friday. We’ve been discussing the challenges as a team over the weekend, and feel the difficult weather conditions are a real hindrance to working on outdoor events at the moment. We really wanted to join together … Read more
A challenging growing season for all
It’s been a really troublesome growing season so far…the ongoing changes in the weather from sunny to rainy (and lots more rain than usual) are causing havoc for the plants! Our tomatoes have only just started to flower, about 1 month later than they should be and lots of other plants are struggling to cope … Read more
The wonders of Permaculture
Last week we were learning all about Permaculture as part of our Seed2seed course. Hedvig Murray delivered a wonderful introduction to the topic and our group embraced the important learnings about how to apply Permaculture principles to your gardening design and your life in general! We learned that Permaculture is a design process underpinned by … Read more
All things ‘Green’ in London
The FOOD from the SKY team were at the London Green Fair on Saturday spreading the story of roof-top gardening and selling some of our lovely ultra-locally grown plants and salad. On offer were: tomatoes, chillies, calendula, borage, courgette, and strawberries. We had a nice spot at the end of the Capital Growth stall, where … Read more
Bumper harvests and a need for more volunteers
We hope everyone has been enjoying the warm weather! It’s certainly been roasting on the roof many days recently…so we’ve been quite relieved to get a little rain this weekend…even if it’s spoilt the long weekend enjoyment for some. We currently need a bit more help from volunteers on Fridays. Specifically to help with harvest! … Read more
