London as seen through a forager’s eyes is a very different city to the one we think we know. Concentrating less on the remorseless tarmac and traffic and more on the practical potential of the wayside trees and plants, the urban forager is ever alert to the city’s botanical riches. As Katelyn Toth-Fejel, of the non-for-profit Permacouture Institute (“fashion & textiles from the … [Read more...]
The urban orchard with a twist
February 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
As founder of the ecologically minded, not-for-profit, educational organisation, The Pop-Up Foundation (http://pop-up-foundation.org/), Paul Clarke (and his co-founder Alison Hall) are used to working in challenging locations – from setting up coffee growing projects in Uganda to nurturing inner city urban farms. For Planting Ideas, the Foundation’s Chelsea Fringe project, they have chosen … [Read more...]
