Join in this family friendly celebration of community food!
Festivities include tasty food with Fork in the Road bike trailer kitchen, music with Clari-Niteclass, garden workshops, a scrap store art activity, School of Ancient Crafts activities and a Granton history exhibition.
Granton Community Gardeners are glad to be part of The Power of Food Festival this coming weekend.
Come join us for a Free BBQ on Saturday (15th June)!
Granton Community Gardeners BBQ & Open Day
Saturday 16 June 11am – 4pm
Community Garden 10 Wardieburn Road
Saturday & Sunday 18 – 19 June
LOTS OF GREAT FREE LOCAL EVENTS
SEE PROGRAMME (below) FOR DETAILS
On Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th June go explore Edinburgh with the FREE Power of Food Festival!
Discover hidden gems of Scotland’s beautiful capital and take part in a wide variety of activities in any of the 16 community gardens who will be opening up their gates to the public
The Festival is hosted by some of the numerous community gardens that grow food in Edinburgh. Community gardens are everywhere: from West to East and South to North, no part of Edinburgh lacks its own. They can be any size from 12 square meters to 4 acres. And they can take any form: a food-growing corner in a public park, reclaimed former waste land, the backyard of a library…
Visit community gardens and let the gardeners tell you their stories and entertain you with various workshops, music, children’s activities, and gardening tips. Many gardens will offer refreshments and some will offer food – both on a pay-as-you-feel basis.
More information about places, times, and activities here: https://
What about a guided cycle tour to visit more than one garden? Sustrans is organising two led rides on Saturday, info and registration here (places are going fast!): http://
The Festival is entirely free and volunteer-run. Donations will be welcome on the day, and if you wish to support us, why not become a member?https://
Power of Food Festival programme:
Saturday 18 & Sunday 19 June
Granton Community Orchard Garden
Save the date !
Granton Community Orchard Garden’s Open Day’s & Host (one of 16 Gardens) to the Power of Food Festival ….
Sat & Sun June 18th & 19th from 12 ’till 5…
Guest & Demonstrations
No Strings Attached …Wind Band playing – Saturday
Love Food/Hate Waste…Bicycle Powered Smoothie Maker – Saturday
Bug Explorer Adventure – Sunday with Ashley Buchan – PhD Student
Food & Drink, Kids Activities & Much Much More ..
Save the Date!!
Around three hundred people – and at least one giant panda – visited Edinburgh’s first ever Power of Food Festival last weekend. Organisers are delighted with the public response and now hope to stage the event again next year.
The inaugural Power of Food Festival offered a packed weekend of events and family activities celebrating community food growing. All across the city, community food gardens opened their gates to the public, inviting visitors to try everything from insect hunting to tattie lifting and poetry writing, and offering them the chance to listen to music from local bands and choirs. And of
course there was also the opportunity to taste local produce and sample plenty of yummy food!
The Festival, which is entirely volunteer run, showcased 15 diverse garden spaces ranging from transformed wasteland to a farmhouse, connecting different initiatives and bringing people together. With lots of laughter and a great sense of community spirit, the weekend was even topped off with a splash of sunshine!
One community gardener and Festival visitor said: “We all seem to be linked by a joy in being outdoors together and working with the environment. Food at the end of it is just one of the rewards.”
The first Power of Food Festival saw an estimated 300 visitors over the two day event. It was inspiring with lots of energy, passion and enthusiasm on show in the gardens and lots of interest. Visitors took the opportunity to learn about herbalism and growing tomatoes, to hear food-inspired storytellers and to pick up some new recipes to try out.
A cycle ride led by Sustrans volunteers also gave visitors the opportunity to explore a range of gardens while enjoying the capital city’s extensive off-road cycle network. The event also marked the launch of the Edible Edinburgh Charter promoting good food for all.
So all in all, a great weekend – second helpings next year, please!
Pictures from the Festival are now available on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EdinburghPowerofFoodFestival/photos_stream
For further information about how to get involved visit the website: poweroffoodfestival.wordpress.com/
Twitter: @PoFFest
Facebook: Edinburgh Power of Food Festival
Edible Edinburgh launched their new Charter for good food for all at Milton Road Community Garden as part of the Power of Food Festival on Saturday. The Charter and new Edible Edinburgh website aim to engage the city’s residents, visitors and businesses much more in shaping our city’s food systems.
Edible Edinburgh (EE) is an initiative which seeks to transform Edinburgh into a sustainable food city.’ EE is a network of organisations and businesses, including Edinburgh City Council and Edinburgh is part of the UK Sustainable Food Cities network. EE is working towards the following vision to improve the city’s food:
“Edinburgh is a city where good food is available and accessible for all, making for healthy people, thriving communities and a sustainable environment.”
The Power of Food Festival was a fantastic celebration of Edinburgh communities and their relationships with food and growing, so was the perfect occasion to launch the EE Charter. EE engages closely with and supports the community growing sector in the city, and held launch of the Sustainable Food City charter at the Community Garden at Edinburgh College’s Milton Road Campus.
The Charter and website was launched by Councillor Lesley Hinds, Chair of Edible Edinburgh and Emma Witney (EE Project Officer) coordinated the signing of the Charter on the day. Alo in attendance were Garden Manager Severine Monvoisin and Power of Food Festival coordinator Marie-Amélie Viatte.
There are two Charters, one for residents and visitors, and one for organisations and businesses (click on link below). Both can also be viewed by clicking the links on the homepage new EE website: http://www.edible-edinburgh.org
From well established award winning gardens, to new grassroot food growing projects, the diversity of the initiatives which feature in the programme will surprise and delight Festival goers. Venues open on the weekend of 20 and 21 June include a library, an office block, a secret garden, and a farmhouse which is undergoing an incredible transformation!
A citywide celebration
From Portobello to Wester Hailes, Granton to Blackhall, Tollcross to Old Dalkeith Road, and many others in between, every corner of Edinburgh will have a garden celebrating the joy of community food growing. There will be a rich menu of events suited for every taste, for children and adults alike, including: children’s poetry writing, bug hunting, storytelling and sharing, choir music, conversations on nature, food and sustainability, wind band, foraging, cooking and eating, as well as practical gardening workshops, and the launch of Edible Edinburgh Food Charter of a Sustainable Food City.
In association with Sustrans, visitors can also join in a guided bike tour of the
gardens (free but ticketed). Bookings can be made online.
Whether on foot or on two wheels, visitors can plan their Festival trip and keep up to date with the latest events and information via The Power of Food Festival website (details below).
A Festival for everyone
Why not invite your friends and family to take part in the first Edinburgh Power of Food Festival? The weekend will give everyone a chance to meet people in their local community, to join those who are transforming the city landscape everyday, and to give a deeper meaning to the word ‘community’. Maybe it will be the beginning of a great adventure: who knows where The Power of Food will take you?
The full programme of events can be accessed here: PoF Programme
Come with family and friends to The Power of Food Festival
Celebrating community food growing and local change makers
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