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Potato Day

 
Come along to Edible Erdingtons Potato Day festival
Saturday 26th February 11am-3pm
Erdington High Street, outside the Swan pub, near the fountain
Free, all welcome
Over the last 12 months Eleanor Hoad and a group of volunteers have been growing vegetables on Erdington High street. Come and see the vegetable plots and join in a celebration of the humble [...]

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Apple Day 2010

Apple Day Sunday 24th October 11am-3pm Court Lane Allotments, Erdington, Birmingham
Free fun for all the family at this years Apple Day.
Drawing on centuries of tradition surrounding the humble apple, ‘Apple Day’ will include:
* Live apple pressing, see and taste local apples turned into delicious juice with our amazing home made apple [...]

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Apple Day Photographs

I very much enjoyed Eleanor’s apple day at Kingstanding Leisure Centre. The juice was really tasty, and well matched the crisp autumn air and sunshine. There was a really interesting and interested mix of people there, and I came home with a massive organic allotment grown beetroot, a big bag of spinach, and a hefty [...]

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Urban Orchard Competition Launched

Eleanor Hoad Erdington Artist in Residence is looking for entrants for an exciting new competition. The Urban Orchard Competition is inviting local people to enter for their chance to have a fruit tree dedicated to a person they think is important. It could be a relative, a loved one, a local hero, someone inspirational [...]

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Birmingham Post covers the story of the fruit of Erdington

Here’s what the Birmingham Post had to say about the Prepare project:
Birmingham artist in search of forgotten apple orchards
Oct 23 2009 by William Oliphant, Birmingham Post
Birmingham’s own version of Johnny Appleseed – artist Eleanor Hoad – has been touring our city’s streets in search of forgotten apple orchards.
The 30-year-old artist in residence at Kingstanding Leisure [...]

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Apple Day Sunday 25th October 12pm-8pm

Free Apple Day Event
Sunday 25th October 12pm-8pm
Kingstanding Leisure Centre, Dulwich Road, Kingstanding, B44 0EW
 
Celebrate Apple Day with fun for all the family!
From 12-5pm

Live apple pressing, see and taste local apples turned into delicious juice with our amazing apple presses- why not bring along your apples to turn into juice
Apple trees, produce and plants for [...]

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Who will help to eat the harvest?

After a successful harvest I had to decide what to do with all the fruit. I decided to set up a free fruit bowl on reception at Kingstanding Leisure Centre. The damsons soon got eaten followed by apples the next day.

I also decided to try making apple, damson and plum juice and damson rum. Damson [...]

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The fruits of Erdington- First fruit harvest

A very successful days fruit harvesting took place on 18th September. Following a bike research tour of fruit trees recommended by local people on a lovely sunny day, I visited several of the most promising sites to try and harvest some fruit… Just look at the results! Russets, eating and cooking apples, damsons and plums!
I [...]

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Sutton Coldfield News

Click the link below to see what the Sutton Coldfield News had to say about the Erdington residency:
Sutton Coldfield News

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Eleanor Hoad: PREPARE

‘All good things are wild and free’
David Henry Thoreau
I’m interested in urban Permaculture and finding solutions to the challenge of producing food in the city. I plan to find existing fruit trees in Erdington in gardens, on waste land or planted on common ground and to harvest, process and distribute the excess fruit which often [...]