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# Hackney Right To Grow

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## Posts

- [News](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/blog/) - “Stories, historias, iсторії, iστορίες” Mon, Jan 1 Free Workshop This immersive event celebrates the universal human experience through the lenses of history and ancestry, featuring a diverse array of photographers whose works capture the essence of different cultures and historical moments. RSVP
- [Hackney Right To Grow Public Meeting - 16 July 2026](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/hackney-right-to-grow-public-meeting-16-july-2026/) - At Garden of Earthly Delights
- [Guidelines for Plant Out Day](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/guidelines-for-plant-out-day/) - The Hackney Right to Grow Plant Out Day, on Sunday 19th April, or any day around then, is designed to start making Hackney more edible. And to flag / identify possible new sites for food growing. We need them! But we felt we needed some brief guidelines collect Perennial Kales, Runner Beans seedlings and beans,
- [Mass Plant Out Day - Sunday 19th April](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/mass-plant-out-day-sunday-19th-april/) - Mass Plant Out Day - Sunday 19th April 2026
- [Hackney Right to Grow campaign public meeting](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/hackney-right-to-grow-campaign-public-meeting/) - Thursday March 26th 7pm - 9pm Dalston Gardens Estate Community Hall, Kirkland Walk, London E8 3SY Come and celebrate Hackney Council adopting 'The Right to Grow' and discuss next steps for the Right to Grow and food growing in Hackney. Speakers from Waltham Forest and Tower Hamlets Right to Grow.
- [Hackney Council passes a Right to Grow motion](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/hackney-council-passes-a-right-to-grow-motion/) - Community food growing campaigning group Hackney Right to Grow welcome the passing of a Right to Grow motion at the Hackney Full Council meeting on Wednesday 4th March 2026 and thank especially the proposer Cllr Lynne Troughton, seconder Cllr Gilbert Smyth and Cllr Sarah Young for their support through the whole process. We also thank
- [Hackney Council Town Hall - Wednesday March 4th - 6-7pm](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/hackney-council-town-hall-wednesday-march-4th-6-7pm/) - Come and celebrate Hackney council passing a Right to Grow motion! Wednesday March 4th! 6-7pm outside the town hall! Bring banners, placards and veg to wave!
- [Waltham Forest residents plant on public land in borough-wide call for a Right to Grow](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/waltham-forest-residents-plant-on-public-land-in-borough-wide-call-for-a-right-to-grow/) - On Sunday 1 February, residents across Waltham Forest, London, came together in a coordinated borough-wide action to plant edible plants on unused public land, calling for a formal Right to Grow and greater council support for community food growing. The action, organised by Waltham Forest Right to Grow, supported 18 community groups across the borough
- [Reclaim The Soil - 1st February 2026](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/reclaim-the-soil-reclaim-the-soil-1st-february-2026/) - Is there a patch of land near you which could do with some love? There’s lots of public space in the borough being left unused - we’re going to do something about that! Reclaim the Soil is about taking matters into our own hands, getting them dirty and connecting to the land. Collect your free
- [Space to Grow report from RHS](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/space-to-grow-report-from-rhs/) - Fantastic to see the RHS "Space to grow: realising the potential of the community gardening movement" report which came out in October and how it highlights the importance of community gardening especially in urban areas" Community gardening in the UK has grown and evolved over time… Community gardening groups come in many shapes and sizes,
- [What if we had the Right to Grow?](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/what-if-we-had-the-right-to-grow/) - Up and down the country public land is being left unloved, costing our local authorities money to care for and giving nothing back to the community in return. Community groups like Incredible Edible have shown that with a little imagination, bravery and TLC these parcels of land can be turned into oases for food and
- [Hackney Right To Grow Public Meeting](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/hackney-right-to-grow-public-meeting/) - Hackney Right to Grow has an open meeting for those who are interested in the campaign and especially if they want to get involved. Wedesday 17th September, 7pm at the Garden of Earthly Delight on Graham Road.
- [GLA Environment Committee](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/650-2/) - Essential reading re London and food growing. The report of the GLA Environment Committee "The ’Right to Grow’ The Committee also heard that giving local communities the ‘right to grow’ offers a potential model for expanding access to food growing across London. It follows a similar principle to the approach taken in Southwark – by
- [Unlock green spaces with Hull’s new ‘Right to Grow’ initiative](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/unlock-green-spaces-with-hulls-new-right-to-grow-initiative/) - Great to see Hull City Council become the first council to officially launch Right to Grow in their locality! "In September 2023, Hull made history as the first city in the UK to pass the ‘Right to Grow’ motion ... affirming its commitment to improving sustainability. Following this decision, the council is now inviting residents
- [Sustain: Local Food Growth Plan](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/sustain-local-food-growth-plan/) - Evidence and experience shows us that local food systems can deliver a number of vital benefits. These range from strengthening local economies, increasing farm profitability and encouraging the uptake of nature-friendly farming to creating better jobs in the supply chain, connecting producers with communities and enabling a more accessible and reliable supply of healthy and
- [Identify more sites to help London feed itself](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/identify-more-sites-to-help-london-feed-itself/) - With 99 per cent of the food and drinks consumed in London being brought in from outside the capital, the Mayor must undertake a London-wide review of food growing sites and identify new land for food growing. The London Assembly Environment Committee has published its report – London: A Growing City? – which outlines the key barriers to food growing in
- [FOOD IN OUR HANDS - March with the Land Workers Alliance](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/food-in-our-hands-march-with-the-land-workers-alliance/) - When: Saturday April 26th - Food and speeches from 12pm Where: Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, London, SE11 5HL March with the Land Workers Alliance to put Food in Or Hands!On April 26th 2025, we’ll be bringing together farmers, growers, food system workers, activists and everyone who has a stake in the UK’s food system (yes – that
- [A year of The Right to Grow in Hull](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/a-year-of-the-right-to-grow-in-hull/) - Date and time Wednesday, April 9 · 4 - 5pm GMT+1 Register At the end of 2023, Hull announced it would implement a Right to Grow policy, to support communities in accessing public land for food and nature projects. That was the easy part! What followed was a year of working through a detailed process to decide exactly
- [‘The system is the problem, not people’](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/the-journey-of-incredible-edible-in-hackney/) - This article in the Guardian, by Pam Warhurst, is so good I want to copy it all, but won't, but do read it! This is transformative stuff, in a world where it seems hard to see where we can achieve change at the grassroots, Pam shows how! "‘The system is the problem, not people’: how
- [Local Policies and Their Role in Community Food Growing](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/local-policies-and-their-role-in-urban-gardening/) - There's an increasing amount of research showing the great potential of urban food growing. Even though urban food growing was historically crucial to all cities, urban food growing in the UK reduced significantly in the 1960s. Allotments declined from c700,000 in the 1960s to c250,000 by 2000 due to both a lack of demand but
- [Right to Grow: London Learning Network](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/right-to-grow-london-learning-network/) - Date and time Tuesday, April 8 · 3 - 4pm GMT+1 Register Join London’s Right to Grow Learning Network for a talk on why civil food resilience matters and how it can be applied to London’s food system. This session will feature Professor Tim Lang, one of the UK’s leading voices on food policy and resilience.
- [Sign up here to for invites and updates on the Right to Grow campaign for London.](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/sign-up-here-to-for-invites-and-updates-on-the-right-to-grow-campaign-for-london/) - Sign Up Here
- [Welcome to Hackney Right To Grow](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/hello-world/) - Hackney Right to Grow is a coalition of local growers and food, climate and community activists, campaigning for residents in the London Borough of Hackney to have the right to grow food on public land across the borough. Our Right to Grow. Up and down the country public land is being left unloved, costing our
- [Support our Right to Grow neighbours in Waltham Forest!](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/support-our-right-to-grow-neighbours-in-waltham-forest/) - We are a group of local food growers who have been working for years to build this alternative in our corner of North-East London. This campaign represents a turning point in our work. And we need you to be a part of it! Please support our crowdfunder
- [Southwark Council allows ‘right to grow’ on unused council land in London first](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/southwark-council-allows-right-to-grow-on-unused-council-land-in-london-first/) - Southwark’s decision is a recognition of the significant role urban food growing plays in providing habitat for nature, improving wellbeing and social connections and improving access to fresh fruit and veg in a cost-of-living crisis. It’s a bold step forward and reflects Southwark council’s commitment to future-proofing resident’s access to land. What is the Right
- [RIGHT TO GROW FOOD ON PUBLIC LAND HELPS LOCAL AUTHORITIES MEET GOALS ON HEALTH, SUSTAINABILITY, FOOD PROVISION AND MORE.](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/right-to-grow-food-on-public-land-helps-local-authorities-meet-goals-on-health-sustainability-food-provision-and-more/) - With 78% of people believing that substantial or radical changes are needed to fix the food system, community food growing offers a practical, scaleable grassroots solution which local authorities can have a direct hand in supporting and developing. Embracing and encouraging community growing will, through adoption of a Right to Grow on public land, offer a multitude
- [‘Better than medication’: prescribing nature works, project shows](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/transforming-hackney-through-community-collaboration/) - One of the great things about Community Food Growing is it does not just grow food but it helps people grow too. And while I am sure that "nature walks ... tree planting and wild swimming" all give great benefits I suspect that Community Food Growing, as illustrated in the photo the Guardian has used,

## Pages

- [Community Growing in Hackney](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/) - Get Involved to secure the right to grow food in Hackney. Contact Us Empowering Hackney's Growing Community Hackney Right to Grow is dedicated to fostering community resilience and environmental sustainability. Our mission is to empower Hackney residents by creating opportunities to community food growing on public land, promoting self-reliance and unity in our vibrant borough.
- [Contact](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/contact/) - Contact Subscribe to our newsletter, share your photos or more... Nurturing Growth with Community Food Initiatives Reach out to us for collaboration and support. Or you can use the form below to subscribe to our newsletter or share photos by choosing upload file option Cultivating Urban Green Spaces Join us in our mission to make
- [Hackney Growing Spaces](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/hackney-growing-spaces/) - A 'vision' map of potential food growing sites in Hackney A 'vision' map showing possible or potential, not definite nor agreed, medium to large growing sites in Hackney. Sites may be decided to have other priorities or be too contaminated in the long run but this map is simply to show possibilities. Sites include private,
- [Resources](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/resources/) - Many dedicated services and resources are available out there for community food growing and here we have listed some of them. This is not a complete list by any means and if there are others that we should include here, please let us know by contacting us Draft Briefing: The role of councils in Community
- [About](https://hackneyrighttogrow.uk/about/) - Hackney Right to Grow is a coalition of local growers and food, climate and community activists, campaigning for residents in the London Borough of Hackney to have the right to grow food on public land across the borough. What We Do Our Right to Grow. Up and down the country public land is being left
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