\n But that\u2019s what was witnessed by hundreds of gardeners at Islington\u2019s second annual Grow Show for food growing and sustainability.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n They listened to the London Vegetable Orchestra playing on vegetable instruments \u2014 like the \u2018pepper pipe\u2019, the \u2018turnip trombone\u2019 and the \u2018carrot clarinet\u2019.\n<\/p>\n
\n The show staged at Whittington Park Community Centre on Sunday, September 7 attracted 800 seasoned cultivators and passionate beginners, with a medley of flowers, fruit, vegetables and herbs.\n<\/p>\n
\n The enthusiasts had grown tomatoes, peppers and herbs in small spaces on balconies, windowsills and in community gardens.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cGrowing and sharing food brings people together right in the heart of London,\u201d Barefoot Planter founder Chauntelle Lewis said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cOne thing I learned from the community gardens on estates I visited in Archway is that the people make the space. They start with a bit of unused land, then share resources and ideas, experimenting and growing things.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n The Barefoot Planter is a not-for-profit social enterprise that creates links between people, food and nature, promoting green skills, green spaces and a connection to the environment.\n<\/p>\n
\n Chauntelle is inspired by the Forest School approach and farm-to-table principles to run sustainable gardening workshops and cooking classes.\n<\/p>\n
\n She also organised a community lunch in Finsbury this summer, after looking in at four community gardens in July and August to document their produce \u2014 which ended up on the menu at St Luke\u2019s Community Centre.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n The annual Islington Grow Show is part of Islington Council\u2019s programme for sustainable living, inspiring families to grow their own food to help cut shopping bills and reduce waste.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n Rowena Champion, the council\u2019s cabinet member for the environment, said:\u00a0\u201cGrowing is good for the environment and our purses as well as being a benefit to physical and mental health.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n Cllr Champion joined in activities at the Grow Show like building a bee hotel and horticulture workshops with hands-on sessions on composting and pickle-making.\n<\/p>\n
\n But the real show-stopper was the vegetable orchestra\u2019s performance \u2014 the musicians ending up eating the instruments they\u2019ve just played.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"But that\u2019s what was witnessed by hundreds of gardeners at Islington\u2019s second annual Grow Show for food growing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-422948","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-london","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115201085607860713","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}