GROWING TOGETHER IN PETERBOROUGH
Exploring and Celebrating Food Systems
August and September 2023
Artwork by Sue Shields
Exploring and Celebrating Food Systems
Food connects us and holds a wealth of inspiration, connection and cultural sharing. This is an invitation to citizens from the greater Peterborough area to engage in interactions around food and the food system through a two-month programme of events.
Curator: Lauren Kendrick
Lauren is a food activist in Peterborough. She has worked in the public, private and third sector, on food projects in the UK and Europe. Lauren has a lifelong passion for food, the access to food for everyone, and importance of connection to nature and the outdoors. A trained permaculturalist, a social and therapeutic practitioner, educator, and artist.
We are all part of the food system, whether we are actively producing, processing, selling or consuming and cooking at home. Our choices make a difference.
‘I am thankful for all of the contributors and collaborators to this program, some are obvious, others are in the background, some are delicate and others are strong foundations, but all of the interactions that have brought us to this point I am grateful. I hope you are able connect with some part of the program and if you have any ideas I would love to hear them.’
05 Aug
Milfield Festival by Peterborough Presents
12pm - 6pm, Rock Park / New England Rec
12 Aug
Growing Together: Exhibition Launch
10am - 4pm, Peterborough Museum
Growing Together
Join us for a foodie themed doodle workshop with Uh-Oh, find out more about the whole program and fill in the Peterborough Food Strategy survey.
FREE, DROP IN
05 Aug
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Project Abundance Community Cookbook Session
2pm - 4.55pm, The Green Backyard
Project Abundance want to create a community cook book and would love your input. Join them to discuss and share recipes based around homegrown produce.
12 Aug - 30 Sep
Growing Together in Peterborough Exhibition
Peterborough Museum
Come and see the exhibition! Arts workshops, meet some of the food organisations in the city, find out more about the program and fill in the Peterborough Food Strategy survey.
FREE, DROP IN
13 Aug
Farmers Market at Harvest Barn
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10am - 3pm, Harvest Barn, Ramsey Road, Farcet, Peterborough
Covered indoor farmers market showcasing the best of local producers, suppliers and small businesses. harvestbarn.co.uk
14-18 Aug
Field to Fork week at Sacrewell Farm
Various times Monday - Friday, Sacrewell Farm
Sacrewell Farm field to fork week children (and adults) will have the opportunity to take part in a variety of activities including butter making and vegetable scavenger hunts. sacrewell. org.uk/events/field-to-fork-week
CHARGES APPLY
Growing Together
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Exhibition showcasing and celebrating some of the amazing work happening in and around Peterborough with food from farms to schools to community fridges and food organisations as well as showcasing artwork from numerous artists all on the theme of food. Including artwork from Jeni Cairns, Amber Lawrence, Tony Nero, Sue Shields, Rose Croft, Amanda Rigby and many more.
Tony Nero Still life drawing workshop
12.45pm to 2.45pm, Goldhay centre
This Still Life workshop is an excellent way to unwind and forget stresses of life for a while. Dive in and have some fun while creating something special in a relaxing atmosphere. This workshop is suitable for anyone, no matter your age or ability, or even if you’ve never drawn before, you can still be creative. You will be using charcoal sticks, kitchen towels, cotton buds and a putty rubber to create your drawing. Your subject matter will be a selection of hand picked produce, but don’t panic. You will be shown how to create a simple background and guided step by step, through each process stage to finally create your masterpiece.
FREE, BOOKING ESSENTIAL
17 Aug
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Food art workshop
1pm - 3pm and 10am - 12pm
Peterborough Museum
Keep an eye on our website and social media for more information to be announced. FREE
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Tony Nero Still life drawing workshop
1pm - 2pm, Wellbeing Garden Welland
This Still Life workshop is an excellent way to unwind and forget stresses of life for a while. Dive in and have some fun while creating something special in a relaxing atmosphere. This workshop is suitable for anyone, no matter your age or ability, or even if you’ve never drawn before, you can still be creative. You will be using charcoal sticks, kitchen towels, cotton buds and a putty rubber to create your drawing. Your subject matter will be a selection of hand picked produce, but don’t panic. You will be shown how to create a simple background and guided step by step, through each process stage to finally create your masterpiece.
BOOKING
Growing
19 Aug
Screen Printing Workshop with Amber Lawrence
10am - 12pm, Gladstone Connect Limited, The Allama Iqbal Community Centre, 157 Cromwell Road, Peterborough PE1 2EL
22 Aug
Open Creative Workshop: Community Resistance
6pm - 8pm, Westraven Community Garden
This workshop will explore the ways in which residents use the community garden and other community spaces to form networks of resistance during challenging economic times. FREE
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23 Aug
FREE, BOOKING ESSENTIAL
19 Aug
Growing Together
Using the theme of food, participants will create a print using the technique of screen printing. As part of the workshop we will look at iconic food packaging graphics and pop art greats such as Andy Warhol who created the iconic Campbell’s Soup Can print and his famous banana which features on the album cover for ‘The Velvet Underground and Nico’. Artwork created will feature in an online zine released in September.
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Screen Printing Workshop with Amber
Lawrence
2pm - 4pm, Goldhay Centre
Using the theme of food, participants will create a print using the technique of screen printing. As part of the workshop we will look at iconic food packaging graphics and pop art greats such as Andy Warhol who created the iconic Campbell’s Soup Can print and his famous banana which features on the album cover for ‘The Velvet Underground and Nico’. Artwork created will feature in an online zine released in September.
FREE, BOOKING ESSENTIAL
Growing Together
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Impact of food Growing
/ Growing food in our area: a discussion that brings multiple voices from different sectors.
6pm - 8.30pm, Harvest Barn
“Are you a curious consumer or a local producer? Interested in the impact of food growing or growing food in our area? Facilitated by artist and farmer Kate Genever. Refreshments provided. FREE
Growing Together
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24 Aug
Posters of Resistance
1pm - 3pm, venue TBC
Practical art workshop with O-Zee Designs exploring revolutionary arts techniques and 4 key themes of the food system to create 4 collaborative art pieces. FREE
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24 Aug
Metal Peterborough Reading Group with Growing Together
6pm - 7.30pm , Metal Peterborough, Chauffeurs Cottage,St Peter’s Road, Peterborough, PE1 1YX.
Join our next reading group in connection as part of the Growing Together programme, exploring The Politics of Permaculture by Terry Leahy. eventbrite.co.uk/o/metalpeterborough-4559316361
25 Aug
Growing Together
Inclusively facilitated by Dr Kate Marsh
Times tbc
Join these informal conversations with disability activist acknowledging and exploring that when the world faces times of political, environmental and economic crisis that the voices of marginalised members of society are often ‘left out’ of our collective action for a way forward. Kate will make space in these conversations for people to share their individual experiences in a welcoming and open environment. Sessions open to all, please contact Flourish Peterborough for access requirements
FREE
30 Aug
Artists Workshop for Artists with artist and permaculturalist Graham Burnett
1pm - 3pm, Westraven Community Garden
Join experienced permaculturist and artist Graham Burnett for this interactive arts workshop.
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30 Aug
Permaculture talk with Graham Burnett
6.30pm - 8.30pm, Metal Peterborough, Chauffeurs Cottage,St Peter’s Road, Peterborough, PE1 1YX.
With over 25 years experience in permaculture this is your opportunity to hear more about Vegan Permaculture and ask questions to Spiralseed founder who is an artist, publishes permaculture books, and runs Permaculture courses as well as an activist for social and environmental justice.
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FREE
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01 Sep
Peterborough Vegan Group food share with the Growing Together Program
6.30pm, Tesco’s Community room hampton
Peterborough Vegan Group Food share. Opportunity for like minded people to get together share recipes and yummy vegan dishes. Lauren Kendrick will be joining and happy to answer any questions about the food program and also give people an opportunity to feedback any ideas or reflections.
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02 Sep
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Screen Printing Workshop with Amber Lawrence
10am - 12pm and 1pm to 3pm, Peterborough Museum
Using the theme of food, participants will create a print using the technique of screen printing. As part of the workshop we will look at iconic food packaging graphics and pop art greats such as Andy Warhol who created the iconic Campbell’s Soup Can print and his famous banana which features on the album cover for ‘The Velvet Underground and Nico’. Artwork created will feature in an online zine released in September. All materials provided. FREE, BOOKING
ESSENTIAL
05 Sep
Land Justice and Food Sovereignty Talk
6pm - 8pm, venue TBC
Join Becca from the Landworkers Alliance and Kim from Shared Assets for these engaging talks and your opportunity to ask questions and explore both organisations and the themes. FREE
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08 Sep
Impact of food Growing / Growing food in our area
a discussion that brings multiple voices from different sectors.
4pm - 6.30pm, Moor Farm Shop
Are you a curious consumer or a local producer? Interested in the impact of food growing or growing food in our area? Facilitated by artist and farmer Kate Genever. Refreshments provided. FREE
Growing Together
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Growing Together
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09 Sep
Growing Together Inclusively facilitated by Dr Kate Marsh
Times tbc
Join these informal conversations with disability activist acknowledging and exploring that when the world faces times of political, environmental and economic crisis that the voices of marginalised members of society are often ‘left out’ of our collective action for a way forward. Kate will make space in these conversations for people to share their individual experiences in a welcoming and open environment.
12 Sep
Food themed Peterborough Cubs Taster Session
6pm - 8pm, Westraven Community Garden
Join this free taster session with Cub Packs from across Peterborough in these fun food themed activities, exploring what it means to be a cub and food systems in the beautiful setting of Westraven Community Garden. This session is aimed at children aged 8 - 10. FREE
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Sessions open to all, please contact Flourish Peterborough for access requirements. FREE
11 Sep
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13 Sep
Vegan Cookery Show with Eat, Food Love at The Key Theatre
6.30pm - 8pm, Key Theatre
Food as Medicine
6pm - 8.30pm, Peterborough Museum
Join our interactive workshop to explore food as medicine within the Southeast Asian inherited traditions; health, diet and well-being and modern-day challenges. We will also explore ayurvedic medicine as a natural and holistic approach to physical and mental health. Expert speakers will guide the workshop in exploring intercultural similarities and differences.
There will be food tasting from different cultures.
FREE
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Join health lifestyle guru Leah Michaelides as she explores healthy food options. Leah grew up in Cyprus her whole life and truly sampled the real Mediterranean Diet. In 2012, she obtained a certificate in cooking and through 2020 and 2021, she made it her mission to encourage deaf people to eat healthy food and learn what is healthy food with the use of BSL. BSL will be the main language used in this show with English interpretation.
FREE, PLEASE BOOK ON THE KEY THEATRE WEBSITE
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The Art of Soil. How to paint with earth pigments with Sue Shields
12pm - 4.30pm, Thorney
Collectively make pigments from soil gathered from the Fenland fields for you to then create still life paintings of fen vegetables.. These workshops aim to foster a positive relationship with ‘dirt’ appreciating its beauty, colour, life and fecundity.
FREE, BOOKING ESSENTIAL
14 Sep
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Community Growing and Spaces - talk and discussion
6pm - 7.30pm, Peterborough Museum
Join community graden leads and researcher Kelly Thomas to discuss spaces and growing in an urban environment. An opportunity to hear research findings and ask questions and explore the theme of growing in the city.
FREE
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15 Sep
The Art of Soil. How to paint with earth pigments with Sue Shields
12pm - 4.30pm, venue TBC
Collectively make pigments from soil gathered from the Fenland fields for you to then create still life paintings of fen vegetables.. These workshops aim to foster a positive relationship with ‘dirt’ appreciating its beauty, colour, life and fecundity.
FREE, BOOKING ESSENTIAL
16 Sep
Growing Together
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The Art of Soil. How to paint with earth pigments with Sue Shields
12pm - 4.30pm, Westraven Community Garden
Collectively make pigments from soil gathered from the Fenland fields for you to then create still life paintings of fen vegetables.. These workshops aim to foster a positive relationship with ‘dirt’ appreciating its beauty, colour, life and fecundity.
FREE, BOOKING ESSENTIAL
Growing Together
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17 Sep
Food Sharing and Sustainability
12pm - 4pm, Nene Park
Peterborough’s grassroots organisations will be sharing their work around food and sustainability as a service to others. We will be exploring and celebrating the food systems, the challenges of sustainable food share, its impact on the environment and how to improve community best practices. We will also have cultural food tasting.
FREE
18 Sep
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Restraint and Fasting
5.30pm - 8pm, University Centre
Peterborough
Fasting is practiced in many cultures and traditions with new diets promoting fasting as a way of healthy weight loss. Our expert speakers will be guiding the workshop exploring the health and psychological benefits of fasting, cross cultural practices and sociological benefits.
FREE
20 Sep
Food Storytelling and Folklore for Adults
6pm - 8pm, Westraven Community Garden
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An evening of exploring food storytelling and folklore specifically aimed at adults. Join us round the fire as 3 storytellers share stories and your opportunity to share stories around the fire. Hot drinks and homemade soup will be provided.
FREE
21 Sep
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What does Peterborough Taste Like? Poetry
and Tasting night. Syntax and Flourish Peterborough collaboration!
6pm - 9pm, Metal Peterborough, Chauffeurs Cottage
Spoken word/ Food mash up that features tasting dishes with poems. Featuring four Peterborough poets. Each poet has chosen the audience a tasty treat, snack, aperitif that for them that tastes like Peterborough. Flourish will create these and serve them as the poet performs, so you get to experience what they think peebo feels like on the taste buds.
FREE, BOOKING ESSENTIAL
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22 Sep
Tastes of the World Foodshare
5pm - 7pm, Quaker Meeting HouseThorpe Road
Join us for this special foodshare exploring taste of the world. This international food event will offer attendees an opportunity to try multiple different flavours. All food will be vegetarian friendly.
FREE, BOOKING ESSENTIAL
23 Sep
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Westraven Harvest Festival
12pm - 7pm, Westraven Community Garden
BBQ – Bar – Live Music – Games, Workshops & Activities. westraven.co.uk
23 Sep
GRFFN (Growing Real Food For
Nutrition)
1pm - 3pm, Westraven Community Garden
Take part in a blind taste test and learn about testing food for nutrition.
FREE
29 Sep
Battle Lines: Flourish Edition
Doors open 7pm, art battle starts
7.30pm, Metal Peterborough, Chauffeurs Cottage,St Peter’s Road, Peterborough, PE1 1YX.
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30 Sep
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Artists have 90 mins to produce a food system themed illustration- you vote for the winner! FREE
Posters of Resistance
2pm - 4pm, venue TBC
Practical art workshop with O-Zee Designs exploring revolutionary arts techniques and 4 key themes of the food system to create 4 collaborative art pieces. FREE
Growing Together
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Opportunity: Buy local produce
Village Farm Community Garden, based in Haddon. Collections
Saturday mornings throughout summer/autumn. Contact office@villagefarm.org.uk
