On Saturday 15 June at 17:00 we will officially open the Educational Garden in Volkstuinpark Sloterdijkermeer!

Cityplot and I can change the world with my two hands have been working hard with a group of volunteers in  setting up this project over the past few months. The garden shows different urban farming techniques that can be used in small spaces, allowing expertise and information to be exchanged between gardeners and urban dwellers of all ages.

The garden was developed during workshops with experts including Alma Huisken, Edwin Flores, Linder van Heerik, Fransjan de Waard, Flora and Joke from the Wilde Bertram, Nina Holland, Meester Bert, Sylvia Wozniak, Lynn Shore and Valerie Turner. Their expertise was used to create the following beds: mushrooms, wild plants, edible flowers, herbs, bio-dynamic, permaculture, dye plants, heritage vegetables, seed saving and a children’s bed. Demonstrations and tours will be given during the opening celebrations.

Come enjoy the garden, meet interesting people, and sample delicious wild drinks and treats!

Cityplot is just back from the Reclaim the Seeds weekend in Den Bosch. Amazing energy, beautiful seeds and powerful information. We made hundreds of seed bombs, planted seeds in newspaper pots and created a beautiful rangoli which was made into a delicious soup the following day. Click here for the recipe!

Cathy Leung

Check out our workshop offerings for 2013! We have added many new workshops and are repeating many of our old favorites.

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Looking for a practical and fun holiday gift for friends and family? What about a Cityplot voucher, good for one of our 2013 workshops? Interested? Write to us at info@cityplot.org and we’ll set you up with a gift voucher!

We are busy puzzling together our 2013 workshop schedule! We’ll have 30 (!) people following our year training starting in the New Year, and have added lots of new and interesting workshops for them and anyone other interested urban growers to our offerings. We’ll send the program out in the next few weeks via newsletter, so please join up below if you haven’t done so already!