Did you try the sour plums at the Foodival? ‘These sour plums are known as shazifim yerakim in Israel, gojeh sabz in Iran, jarareng in Lebanon, erik in Turkey, and janarek in Jordan.’ These plums were saved after pruning the Greengage trees that grow in the tooting community garden as part of a pruning workshop. […]
Read More →This Friday 13th October as a part of Pollinator Paths Wandsworth project, all invited to a Moth Recording Walk at Putney Heath. This is a fun mix of citizen science and being outdoors in the city. If you have never seen live moths close up, it’s a great opportunity. Poplar Hawk moth in summer Timing? […]
Read More →On October 3rd the opening night of the Stay With Love exhibition at The Sound Lounge in Tooting saw a very diverse group of 75 join in to celebrate the exhibition. There were teenagers, families and young children from the asylum-seeking and refugee community who are served by CARAS. There were many of the CARAS […]
Read More →Have you got electrical or electronic items that you don’t want to throw away? Got a sewing machine that is broken or you’re not sure how to use? Have a favourite piece of clothing that needs mending or altering and you’d like to learn how? Simply good at fixing and mending stuff? Fancy a cup […]
Read More →October is our six-month anniversary as your Pips! As well as marking our half birthday, it’s a chance to catch a breath after the huge successes of the Tooting Twirl pop-up village green, our 10th annual Foodival sustainable food festival and countless other brilliant events this year. October’s meeting is about celebrating, checking in and […]
Read More →We’re thrilled that the Stay With Love exhibition has moved from concept to reality alongside our partners CARAS and The Sound Lounge. We experienced so much energy, creativity and patience from all the volunteers and staff involved in this experiment: Thank You! We hung the show on the 2nd October, and then the exhibition opening […]
Read More →It’s the day of the opening of our CARAS partnership ‘Stay With Love’ exhibition at The Sound Lounge in Tooting – 210 Upper Tooting Road, SW17 7EJ All very welcome, and here are the timings: 4:00-5:30pm Pop-up session making and crafts for all the family 7:00pm Doors open, come and enjoy the exhibition 7:30pm Formal […]
Read More →Two updates about our partnership project with the local charity CARAS and the refugees and asylum-seekers they support. 1 ‘Stay With Love’ Exhibition during October ’17 at The Sound Lounge in Tooting. The Sound Lounge, 210-212 Upper Tooting Road, TootingSW17 7EW We’re all thrilled that The Sound Lounge is hosting ‘Stay With Love’ – an exhibition […]
Read More →The 10th Tooting Foodival was only possible because of many volunteers’ help and donations. Thank you all! Click here to see the details. Well over forty people helped on the day, plus many in preparation and in the long tail of follow up. Each of these people and organisations made the Foodival happen, and while […]
Read More →Top Tooting Cook, the Foodival’s fun competition was ably co-ordinated by ‘firm but fair’ Belinda. We had a record-breaking number of entries.Here are the dishes – photographed during the judging, so some dishes have begun to be sampled. These are dishes crying out to be tasted (some people had to be held back…): There’s a […]
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