Myatt's Fields Park Fair
SATURDAY 19TH JUNE 2010
Fruit and vegetable growing in Lambeth will be put under the spotlight during Myatt’s Fields Park’s midsummer fair on 19th June.
Volunteers living around the park have planted a variety of fruit and vegetables in and around the park’s community greenhouse since February 2010.
The new growing project makes the park perfect for the launch of Incredible Edible Lambeth, a new scheme which aims to support food growing across Lambeth. Led at present by Lambeth, it is hoped this will develop as a partnership with community groups and individual growers.
As well as children’s entertainment, music on the bandstand, dance, a small fairground and community stalls, a host of free food-related activities at the fair will include:
- Cake baking and vegetable growing competitions
- Talks about growing food in a small space and guerrilla gardening
- Cooking demonstrations and cook and eat sessions
- Pizzas from a wood burning pizza oven
- Tours of the park’s community greenhouse and fruit orchard
- Bee keeping demonstrations
- Composting workshops
- Recipe sharing
Music on the bandstand will include Errol Linton’s Blues Vibe and the Ceilidh Factory, who will lead visitors in a traditional Ceilidh dance.
Community and growing groups, schools and individuals can get involved by:
- Entering competitions, which include cake baking, jam and pickle making, prettiest salad and prettiest wild-flower posy in a jam jar.
- Volunteering to help on the day
- Booking a stall for their project or business
- Coming along on the day and helping us to map the growing that’s happening in Lambeth
The fair will run from 1pm to 5pm on 19th June and is organised by Myatt’s Fields Park Project Group. The following day will see a Tea Dance by Ragroof featuring Ida Barr's Mash-up, Camberwell Arts Festival, 20th June, and run by Home Live Arts.
The park’s new café, the Little Cat Café, will be open for both the fair and the tea dance, offering cream teas and home made cakes. The café is run by volunteers as a social enterprise.
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