THE HARVEST STOMP Celebrating a Year of Local Food Growers and Growing
FESTIVAL PROGRAMME Sunday 25 September 2016 12.30 - 5.30pm
Welcome to The Harvest Stomp The Harvest Stomp is a free community festival celebrating local growing and locally made produce, in and around Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and the surrounding neighbourhoods, as part of the Make, Grow, Do Project. Make Grow Do is an exciting urban food growing network in the boroughs that surround the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park; Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Newham and Waltham Forest. We are working closely with existing food community groups to establish a thriving community food growing network to facilitate the sharing of knowledge, skills, best practice, ideas and produce. We hope you enjoy the day, get stuck in and learn something new about local food growing and eating! Please note: there will be photography and filming at the event. If you don’t wish to be filmed or photographed, please collect and wear a sticker, available from the Groundwork London tent.
The Harvest Stomp is presented by Groundwork London in partnership with London Legacy Development Corporation and Our Park Life.
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The Harvest Stomp Stage Groundwork’s own Ben Coles, Master Stomper will compere today’s programme on the Harvest Stomp Stage. 12.30 The Festival opens with the Blackhorse & Standard Women’s Morris Dancers Blackhorse & Standard are a diverse group of women who share a love of folk music, a desire to dance and at least a rudimentary sense of rhythm!
12.55 Robin Grey & Friends Robin Grey & Friends gently knit guitar, violin and accordion around folk songs old and new, exploring life, love and social history. With Caitlin Roberts & Basia Bartz.
13.35 This is Rubbish Present: Cirque de Surplus - ‘Waiting for Tesco’ Sketch 13.50 Parade of the Best Dressed Harvest or Vegetable Themed Dog Class 14.10 Barn Dancing with Laurel Swift & the Ceilidh Allstars, with caller Mary Panton A trio to make your feet want to dance! Playing an exciting take on traditional English dance tunes, with fresh and lively interaction. Great music for dancing and listening. With Dave Declarre & Hazel Askew.
15.00 Cream of the Crop Prize Giving Ceremony
15.15 Blackhorse & Standard Women’s Morris Dancers 15.40 Hub Youth Media Performs Hub Youth Media is a dedicated project based in Peckham for young aspiring musicians between the ages of 7-19 years old. It’s a place where young people can explore and develop new skills in music and nurture their talents.
16.30 This is Rubbish Present: Cirque de Surplus - ‘Best Before Dates’ Sketch 16.40 Barn Dancing with Laurel Swift & the Ceilidh Allstars, with caller Mary Panton 17.25 The Best Bird Box Prize Giving Ceremony 17.30 Groundwork’s Ben Coles closes the Festival
In The MAKE Tent All the demonstrations are on a ‘first come, first in’ basis as space inside the tent is limited. 12.30-13.00 Micro Veg Growing with Ruth Arnott, Groundwork Community Gardener Ruth will share how to grow veg quickly on your windowsill.
13.15-14.00 Thai Vegetable Carving with Artist Sumalee Murphy Originally from Thailand, Sumalee will introduce the traditional art of fruit and vegetable carving - from ornate displays to honour a king, to delicately carved fruit for presentation at a buffet.
14.15-15.15 Flax to Fibre with Cordwainers Grow Cordwainers Grow will show you how to grow the flax plant, and how to turn it into a fibre - explaining the whole process from seed to string!
15.30-16.15 Grow Your Own Herbal Tea with Hackney Herbal Hackney Herbal will be explaining how to grow, harvest, dry and blend herbs into herbal tea.
16.30-17.30 Make Nettles into String with Kenneth Greenway Kenneth Greenway from Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park demonstrates the art of making string out of wild nettles.
GROW
The Cream of the Crop Contest in the Grow Hall Join us for the Cream of the Crop Contest, where local growers, makers and doers battle it out across 12 classes, including the heaviest pumpkin, the tastiest locally grown tomato and the best dressed harvest themed dog! 10.00-12.15 Drop off your entries via the Garden Gate 12.30-13.30 Grow Hall closed for judging 13.30-17.00 Grow Hall reopens for viewing 13.50-14.10 Parade of the Best Dressed Harvest or Vegetable Themed Dog Class at The Harvest Stomp Stage 15.00-15.15 Cream of the Crop Prize Giving Ceremony at The Harvest Stomp Stage 17.00-17.30 Collect your entries Please note, all perishable entries remaining after 17.30 will be composted. 17.25-17.30 Best Bird Box Prize Giving Ceremony at The Harvest Stomp Stage
Our guest judges are: Alistair Bayford, Landscape Architect, Horticulturalist and Regional Operations Director of The Landscape Group; and David Illari, who runs Moka East CafÊ at The View Tube. The Cream of the Crop Contest has been kindly sponsored by The Landscape Group, with special treats donated by Lily’s Kitchen - Proper Food for Pets.
What will you DO? Get involved in the variety of activities, games and adventures that are taking place across the festival site. Look out for...
PIG by Whalley Range All Stars Don’t miss the internationally acclaimed installation and show inside a sleeping sow, with performers Katy-Anne Bellis, Chris Davies & Jonny Quick. Short 10 minute shows will run between 12.3014.30 and 15.30-17.30. Located on the Grassy Slope.
Jamboree with The East End Jam Project ‘Jamboree’ is a celebration of jam made with the fruits of the urban environment. The centrepiece is the tasting table, spread with jams, jellies, chutneys and other preserves made during the project, alongside a selection of ‘London’ jams to buy from small-scale urban makers. Join them for a foraging walk at 14.30. Located on the Grassy Slope.
Cirque de Surplus with This is Rubbish Anti food waste campaign This is Rubbish bring you ‘Cirque de Surplus’ preposterous yet thought-provoking street theatre about the journey our food takes. Find their stall to learn about what causes food waste in the supply chain, and make a fruit kebab from food surplus. Located on the Grassy Slope.
Hen Power Learn how Hen Power at the Huddleston Centre brings young people and older volunteers together in Hackney. Located by the Tumbling Bay playground.
Bird Box Making with The Landscape Group Make and decorate a wonderful new habitat box to provide a home for birds in London Town - you could be in store for a prize if yours is judged the best! Located at the Harvest Triangle.
Bee Keeping with the London Bee Keepers’ Association Discover the wonferful world of bee keeping with Mark Patterson, Forage Officer for the London Bee Keepers’ Association. Located on the Bridge.
Create a Butterfly Border with the Park Champions. Help Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park’s Park Champions plant plug plants along the swale, and find out how you can support with events, the mobility scheme and conservation to build on the legacy of the legendary Games Makers and be the face of London’s newest park. Located on the Grassy Slope.
London Food Link London Food Link, the voice for good food in London, will be inviting people to learn about their various campaigns & get involved on the day. Located at the Harvest Triangle.
The Thames Water Van Visit Thames Water’s mobile exhibition unit to learn about water efficiency and its new metering programmes. Located at the Bridge.
Accessibility
Visit the Groundwork tent Discover more about Groundwork London and learn how you can get involved with projects across the capital, including WARMTH and REPURPOSE. Located at the Harvest Triangle.
Energy Garden Visit the Energy Garden Tent to find out more about their plans to transform up to 50 London Overground platforms and stations into thriving Energy Gardens! Located at the Harvest Triangle.
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is designed to be as accessible and inclusive as possible for a wide range of visitors. Accessible services provided today include: •
Level access routes throughout the Park.
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Blue Badge temporary parking facility on Olympic Park Ave.
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Mobility equipment hire available, at a charge, until 6pm from the Park Information and Access Point near the Aquatics Centre.
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Changing facilities are available at Timber Lodge Café.
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Assistance dogs welcome.
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A sign language interpreter is available at the Energy Garden tent (Harvest Triangle). Please ask for Alex Forrester.
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Sighted guides are available at the Park Champion’s tent (Grassy Slope).
The Pea Games Don’t miss the Pea Games! Head to the Timber Lodge Garden where you can buy a bag of dried peas and play our Traditional Fete Games. We have all the classics including:
Splat the Rat Milk the Cow Horseshoe Throwing Hook a Duck Giant Pub Skittles Jumping Frogs Coconut Shy Giant Hoopla Needle in a Haystack Grape Stomping Human Fruit Machine
The Food and Drink Introducing this year’s Harvest Stomp foodtrucks, bar and stalls:
The Cheese Truck
The Orchard Project
Showcasing the best of British cheese in ‘London’s Best Grilled Cheese Sandwich’. Our Pick: Make sure you try the Chorizo & Rocket, with Chihuahua cheese from Gringa Dairy in Peckham, and wood fired sourdough from Brixton-based artisan bakery, BreadBread. @CheeseTruckLDN
Visit the Apple Pressing and Juicing Stall hosted by The Orchard Project, where you can sample juice made from apples grown right here on the Park!
Sloshed Gin Sorbets Delicious gin sorbets, handmade in Hackney Wick using foraged and locally grown produce. Our Pick: Don’t miss the Blackberry & Lemon, made with Sipsmith’s London Dry Gin and hand picked blackberries from Epping Forest. @SloshedSorbets
Mason & Company Bar Mason & Company is a craft beer bar and kitchen, located on Canalside at Here East in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, with a range of 20 draught beer taps, and their kitchen run by Italian-American street food specialists ‘Capish?’. Today, the Mason & Company Bar will be showcasing the best of Hackney’s Five Points Brewing Co. @MasonAndCoEast @FivePointsBrew
Forest Gate Women’s Institute Forest Gate WI return to The Harvest Stomp with their delicious cakes and sweet treats! @ForestGateWI
The project aims to enthuse people about the possibilities of community fruit growing; celebrate the work of their local community orchards in East London (including Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park/ Mandeville Place and Mabley Green orchards); and to inspire people to get involved in their local communities through the Helping Britain Blossom programme. Find them on the Bridge.
ICE ICE gives young people aged 18-24 the opportunity to manage their own ice cream enterprise and earn a Traineeship in Business Administration at the same time. @HiWeAreICE
Unity Kitchen Café Unity Kitchen is a social enterprise trading in a variety of delicious food and drink. They make good food affordable for local people, promote healthy living and run their business on sound sustainability principles. @UnityKitchen
Don’t miss Mobile Garden City Take a 5 minute walk up Honour Lea Avenue and discover the Park’s community garden, Mobile Garden City.
Watch The Green Man An interactive, spoken word show about a man fighting to save the city’s trees and grass. Great for audiences aged 7-11. Performances at 13.30 & 15.45.
Meet the Mobile Garden City’s Community Gardeners Find out about the Park’s community garden and how you can be a part of this growing project. Join the conversation on Twitter using #MobileGardenCity.
Fix Up Your Bike with Pro Bike Service Pro Bike Service has been in the process of transformation since October 2015, and reopened in March as a social enterprise within the Mobile Garden City. They are currently open there every weekend, from 11.00-18.00, for servicing. Today, Lawrence Mohammed is running an Intermediate Bike Maintenance Workshop from 12.00-16.00. Diagnose, adjust and set up brakes, gears, bearings and drivetrain - first come first served! Find out more at www.probikeservice.co.uk or on Facebook @professionalbikeservice.
The Harvest Stomp Partners The Harvest Stomp Festival is funded by The London Legacy Development Corporation and is being delivered by Groundwork London on behalf of Our Park Life.
Groundwork London
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Groundwork London is a social and environmental regeneration charity. For almost 20 years we’ve been at the forefront of environmental and social regeneration in London; changing places and lives for the better, in some of the capital’s most disadvantaged neighbourhoods. In today’s challenging social and economic climate the work we do has never been more important; creating better places, improving people’s economic prospects and helping people to live and work in a more sustainable way. Our three over-arching objectives are: creating better places, promoting greener living and working and improving people’s prospects.
London’s newest visitor destination, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, is a place unlike any other. Visitors to the Park are able to enjoy beautiful parklands and waterways, world-famous sporting venues, arts and events and spectacular views from the ArcelorMittal Orbit. As a new heart for east London, the Park will also provide new homes, jobs and a cultural and education district.
www.Groundwork.org.uk/london @GroundworkLON
The London Legacy Development Corporation promotes and delivers physical, social, economic and environmental regeneration in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and the surrounding area, in particular by maximising the legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. QueenElizabethOlympicPark.co.uk @noordinarypark facebook.com/ QueenElizabethOlympicPark
With thanks
Our Parklife Our Parklife is a Community Interest Company (CIC) with a mission to connect local people to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, by providing employment, training and volunteering opportunities. Our Parklife is a joint venture between Cofely, the principal contractor for Estates and Facilities Management (EFM) in the Park; The Landscape Group (TLG), the parks management sub-contractor to Cofely; Renaisi, a local Social Enterprise specialising in regeneration; and Groundwork London, an environmental regeneration charity. Together these partners provide the unique mix of local, commercial, social, economic and environmental capabilities necessary to deliver the regeneration legacy of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in East London. www.ourparklife.co.uk @ourparklifeCIC
The organisers would like to thank the following for all their hard work and generosity in helping us to deliver The Harvest Stomp 2016: Alba Bale, Jonathan Bartlett, the volunteer Park Champions, Kimberly Ling, Lorna Patterson, The Bank of New York Mellon, Unity Kitchen, Good Gym Newham, Alistair Bayford, David Illari, Capital Growth and the Urban Food Fortnight Team, Kaliopi Carras, Students from Our Lady’s Convent RC School in Stamford Hill, Layla Conway, Project Dirt, Kevin Stott, Catherine Norris, Irene Lewington, The Thames Festival, Chobham Academy, West Ham FC, Get Living London, Yonder E20, Karl Fone from Links Events Solutions, Parking Control Management, Jeremy Northrup from Lee Valley Velopark, Radiator, Nicola Daunton, Students from Loughborough University and all the Groundwork London staff and their friends and family who have volunteered to make this festival possible. Harvest Stomp enquires please contact: harvest.stomp@groundwork.org.uk.
With thanks to our kind sponsors:
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This September, join London as it feasts on the fabulous produce being grown, made, cooked and saved on its doorstep.
www.urban food fortnight.org #UFF2016 @LondonFoodLink