Events and Community Projects
Family Fireside Food and Stories – April
Growing Our Future Eco Hub 1 Courtenay Rd, Okehampton, United KingdomCook food to share Seasonal Creativity Stories around the fire A time to celebrate the changing seasons! We will be making a seasonal soup together along with a simple seasonal decoration and having stories around the fire. This event is open to all. We are asking for a £5 / donation per person however pay … Continue reading "Family Fireside Food and Stories – April"
Family Fireside Food and Stories
Growing Our Future Eco Hub 1 Courtenay Rd, Okehampton, United KingdomCook food to share Seasonal Creativity Stories around the fire A time to celebrate the changing seasons! We will be making a seasonal soup together along with a simple seasonal decoration and having stories around the fire. This event is open to all. We are asking for a £5 / donation per person however pay … Continue reading "Family Fireside Food and Stories"
Okehampton COMMUNITY Seed & Plant Swap
Ockment Centre North Street, Okehampton, United KingdomLearn about seed saving Bring your spare seeds and plants Take home new & interesting seeds and plants Zig Zag Seed Cleaner demonstration Storytelling from Borage and Kevin Kids activities Teas, Coffees, Home-made Cakes and Tasty Soup Stalls from Okehampton’s Men in Sheds; Transition Town Okey; Okehampton Community Garden; Wild Okey Don’t have any seeds … Continue reading "Okehampton COMMUNITY Seed & Plant Swap"
Family Fireside Food and Stories
Growing Our Future Eco Hub 1 Courtenay Rd, Okehampton, United KingdomCook food to share Seasonal Creativity Stories around the fire A time to celebrate the changing seasons! We will be making a seasonal soup together along with a simple seasonal decoration and having stories around the fire. This event is open to all. We are asking for a £5 / donation per person however pay … Continue reading "Family Fireside Food and Stories"
A Walk on the Wildside
Hilltown Organics Northlew Road, Okehampton, United KingdomA Winter stroll around Hilltown Organics looking at different ecosystems and explaining how we turned a green dessert into a wildlife haven and productive parcels of nutrient dense food, regenerating the land and increasing biodiversity. Agroforestry Permaculture Natural Farming No-dig Veg Wildlife Habitats Nature Reserve Please note the walk includes uneven ground, rough terrain and … Continue reading "A Walk on the Wildside"
Family Fireside Food and Stories
Growing Our Future Eco Hub 1 Courtenay Rd, Okehampton, United KingdomCelebrate the Season THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED Cook food to share Seasonal Creativity Stories around the fire A time to celebrate the changing seasons! We will be making a seasonal soup together along with a simple seasonal decoration and having stories around the fire. This event is open to all. We are asking … Continue reading "Family Fireside Food and Stories"
Healthy Eating Workshop
Growing Our Future Eco Hub 1 Courtenay Rd, Okehampton, United KingdomThis workshop will give attendees the awareness and skills to eat simple, healthy, tasty meals and build a positive relationship with food. By gaining an understanding of the food system, food prep and cooking skills and an awareness of what healthy eating means for them, attendees can enjoy healthy food in a way that's practical … Continue reading "Healthy Eating Workshop"
Film and Food : The Nettle Dress
Ockment Centre North Street, Okehampton, United KingdomA screening of the film The Nettle Dress with a meal with a nettle flavour This beautiful documentary follows textile artist Allan Brown on his seven-year labour of love, to make a dress entirely from woven stinging nettles. We see not only a remarkable and challenging experiment in sustainable fashion, but also how his art … Continue reading "Film and Food : The Nettle Dress"
FUNGI FORAY
Hilltown Organics Northlew Road, Okehampton, United KingdomCome to the farm for a fungi foray with mycologist Dr Christian Taylor.
Family Workshop : October Pumpkins
Growing Our Future Eco Hub 1 Courtenay Rd, Okehampton, United KingdomOn Sunday 29th October 2:00 - 4:00pm .. we have our next Family Workshop with … Pumpkins!!! Please note that this is on a Sunday and also that the clocks will have changed. We are sorry this will be the last Family Workshop this year. We will be putting the garden to bed as the … Continue reading "Family Workshop : October Pumpkins"
Tickets can be reserved through this website or in the shop or by emailing hello@harvestworkerscoop.org.uk
Pricing We have tried to keep prices as affordable as we can whilst ensuring that everyone is paid a fair rate for their work. Most activities feature a reduced rate thanks to the kind support of Okehampton United Charities. If you can’t afford the full rate please buy a ticket at the reduced rate. Do get in touch if cost is a problem.
We do hope you enjoy what we are doing and if you are interested in a food and farming activity and can’t see it here just let us know and we’ll see what we can do.