With encouragement – verbal and financial – from the flats along Heathfield Terrace Abundance has transformed what we dubbed the Eyesore Triangle from a scrubby patch of weeds ignored by the authorities (council? Hounslow Highways?) for the last decade or so into a little garden that has been planted up with good stuff. Photos, clockwise: … Continue reading
The Chiswick Timeline: A History in Art and Maps was finally installed and launched on January 28th 2018. Several years of negotiating, planning and fund-raising finally resulted in a year of hard work designing and completing the mural. On the day, we closed the road and over 2,000 people – including local VIPS and artists, … Continue reading
If you want to see what fun about 80 of us had making various preserves from the surplus Chiswick harvest, click here Meanwhile, we are going to be very busy over the winter months finishing off the huge mural The Chiswick Timeline: A History in Art and Maps. We hope to see you at the … Continue reading
We’ve had a great harvest season so far. We have 3 different kinds of Chiswick apple juice available (Emlyn Road Bramley, sweet mixed apples), and several different kinds of Chiswick chutney (Christmas chutney, fig & apple chutney, cranberry & apple, standard chutney…). The juice is flash pasteurised and will keep for at least a year … Continue reading
Fruit Free for All About 75 people (not all at once, but on a rolling shift of about 30 at all times!) turned up for our chopping and boiling bonanza last Saturday. In conjunction with the fabulous Lucy of Ginger Whisk we made various chutneys (fig & apple, cranberry & apple, classic), membrillos, jellies (apple … Continue reading
We are joining forces with Ginger Whisk to sort out some of this year’s surplus fruit after an amazing harvest. You are all invited to drop in and come help chop and cook Chiswick’s pears and apples and made them into something delicious. All workers will be paid in chutney and/or preserves. Roll up your … Continue reading
Its our 5th annual celebration of apples, pears, quince and other fruit collected from the streets and gardens of West London. This year is apparently the best harvest for 30 years. We will be dusting off our huge apple press – which lay unloved last year as the harvest failed. If you want to buy … Continue reading
