Maybe the middle of the East End isn’t the place you’d expect to find a farm. But Spitalfields has many surprises, and this is one of them - Spitalfields City Farm.
London kids need no longer grow up thinking milk comes from Tetrapaks and apples grow on plastic trays!
The Young Farmers’ Club is open every Saturday, 1030 till 1 and 2-4, and gives 8 to 13 year olds the chance to get stuck in and participate in farmyard activities.
Younger children have an under 5’s session on Sundays, the ‘Little Spits’ from 1-3 in the afternoon, with donkey rides available. (I’m not sure what the 5-8 year olds are meant to do though. I suppose at that age they must be discovering Nintendo…)
If on the other hand you’re already an urban gardener, you might be interested in an upcoming event at the farm - an Urban Permaculture weekend on the 10th and 11th of May.
Photo credit: Sarah Slade
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