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View of from Bob's Hall Lane (Lower Clapton Road), 1790. Engraved for Harrison’s History of London. Courtesy, Hackney Archives

EFORE 1850, HACKNEY was a rural settlement close to the city of London and home to B courtiers and wealthy Londoners. Hackney and the have long been associated

with orchards and food growing, supplying the needs of those who worked in the City. This FUTURE FOOD – GROWING FOOD IN HACKNEY IN FOOD GROWING – FOOD FUTURE changed as Hackney was built over and as the railways enabled food to be brought into

London from longer distances.

City Farm, and the Tree Nursery and Edible Forest Garden, in Hackney. in Garden, Forest Edible and Nursery Tree the and Farm, City

squash; and crab apples – produce of Growing Communities, Hackney Communities, Growing of produce – apples crab and squash; uy hr; ubris prly n rsmr; nasturtiums; rosemary; and parsley mulberries; chard; Ruby

4 Below: MAP OF FOOD-GROWING SITES IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY Growing Communities Farmers' Market operate a Veg Box SPRING scheme with locally- Stoke Newington Run by Growing Communities, the Farmers’ Market HILL sells locally-sourced organic food (grown within ©Douglas Mark photos Market Farmers’ Newington Stoke grown food. Farmers’ Market 160km/100 miles). The Market is small and there is sells locally-sourced STAMFORD organic food. restricted parking in the area which means that it HILL SPRING LANE attracts local people. Find further infomation on ALLENS 020 7502 7588 or at www.growingcommunities.org SPRINGFIELD GARDENS LEASIDE ROAD PARK The Edible Forest Garden Hackney City Farm ABNEY PARK on The farm has animals, a garden with fruit trees and CEMETERY grows food using raised beds, and a polytunnel for growing fruit, permaculture techniques. vegetables and herbs, which are sold at the farm. They STOKE CLISSOLD NEWINGTON welcome volunteers to assist with the fruit and PARK vegetable growing, and caring for the animals. CHURCH STREET To contact the volunteer co-ordinator, phone HACKNEY NORTH MARSH 020 7729 6391 or visit www.hackneycityfarm.co.uk HACKNEY & SOUTH Above: Food sold at Stoke Newington Farmers’ Market includes bread and ADEN TERRACE EAST Growing Communities’ veg boxes. It is held every Saturday, 10am–2:30pm. BUTTERFIELD DOWNS MILLFIELDS SPRINGDALE ROAD OVERBURY MARSH Below: Volunteers of all ages from Shakespeare Residents Association GREEN STREET planted fruit trees to create Butterfield Green Community Orchard. CHURCH WALK

WHAT YOU CAN DO Old Hackney had many MABLEY WICK Grow herbs and vegetables in your garden or market gardens, on either GREEN WOODLAND in a window box. side of , NAVARINO Get an allotment. east to , and MANSIONS Encourage the planting of fruit trees and south to Bethnal Green. WELL STREET vegetables on your estate. COMMON Volunteer at Hackney City Farm, Growing QUEENSBRIDGE Watercress beds on ROAD LONDON Communities or the Tree Nursery & Edible KEY © Russell Miller © Russell FIELDS Forest Garden. Morning Lane (until 1875) were irrigated by Allotment Join your local Park User Group or the Tree Hackney Brook, and Community Orchard Musketeers and get involved in planting and later by well-water. caring for fruit and vegetables. To contact the PARK PARK Tree Nursery & Tree Musketeers, phone This leaflet was prepared by Anne Woollett and Mike Trier with Edible Forest Garden assistance from Growing Communities, the Allotment Society, Growing Communities 020 8985 5008 or e-mail and Annie and Jacklyn at the Hackney Community Tree Nursery [email protected] & Edible Forest Garden. For copies of the leaflet see Hackney City Farm Stoke Newington Eat locally-grown fruit and vegetables. www.hackneyenvironment.org.uk sells its produce at Farmers’ Market the farm. Join Growing Communities’ Box Scheme. All photographs © Anne Woollett unless otherwise credited. Hackney City Farm Based on Collins mapping - www.collinsmaps.com Housing Estate Printed by Visualize, using vegetable-oil-based litho inks on Evolution Satin – a paper manufactured from 75% recycled fibre to ISO 14001. No chemicals were used in the plate-making process.