CRESS community market joins the Aldeburgh Food Festival Fringe this month, showcasing local food enterprises.
Brian Powlett head chef at the Greyhound pub and the talent behind ‘Knife of Brian’ catering services will be providing a food preparation demonstration, so you can ,learn the difference between dicing and slicing!
Kez Overton from Beansprout Enterprises will also be giving a demonstration on how to make infused oils with chilli and fresh herbs from the community garden, and herbalist Dan will be around to talk you through the herbs we have in the garden as well as making up some refreshing herb teas to sample.
And finally Greg from Beer & Co will be about to let you know about some upcoming beer and cider tasting events in the Ipswich area…he may even have a few samples with him!
And if that wasn’t enough we will be having our usual bountiful harvest from the gardens including courgettes, leeks, horse radish, kale, herbs and some aromatic lavender and rosemary biscuits made by volunteers. You can also bring some autumn and winter cheer to your gardens with an array of herbaceous and bedding plants from Chantry walled Garden available for sale.
Our bees have been busy too and we have the last of this season’s honey which has been very popular …so hurry up and grab a jar while stocks last!
Meanwhile ActivSheds will be in full swing, so come along and find out more about the sparrow nesting boxes they have been making.
Maidenhall Residents’ Association and other community groups will also be offering their wares for sale and
And finally, when you have been wowed with chopping, infusing and tasting, put your feet up and have a cuppa in the community café with a slice of cake and a light lunch made with ingredients from the garden, served up by Julie, the CRESS café proprietor with a magic touch for cakes.
The community garden will be open from 9am to 3pm, so please feel free look around and talk to some of our volunteers.
Venue Address: CRESS Pavilion, Halifax Road, Ipswich IP2 8RE (parking on site, top of Bourne Vale Social Club car park, and surrounding roads).
For more information about this event and others, please visit www.activlives.org.uk/activgardens
For more information on the Aldeburgh Food Festival please go to www.aldeburghfoodanddrink.co.uk
If you are interested in having a stand at one of our markets, please call ActivLives on 01473 345450 or Project Co-ordinator Jo Whittle on 07760 583950 or email jo@activlives.org.uk.
We need volunteers – please get in touch if you can help. We welcome beginners and those who would like to learn new skills. But we also need experienced gardeners to help with a range of tasks – both at the People’s Community Garden, near the CRESS Pavilion, and Chantry Walled Garden, in Chantry Park. Call 01473 345350 if you’d like to lend a hand.