Leeds Urban Harvest Events
Coming up
Past Events
But ... the main news is that the BBC programme InsideOut are interested in coming to both these events to film, so don your best frocks and get your T.V face out!
Hope you are all well, give me a call on 07949019284 with any questions and see you then!
13th November - 13.00 - Afternoon Juicing Session
Come along to All Hallows Church in Burley for a juicing session. Bring along snacks to share and a bottle to take juice home in!
contact Jenny for more info. on 07858129331.
30th October 12 - 4pm Leeds Apple Day!• Juicing, pressing & tasting juice
• Apple identification and info from the Northern Fruit Group
• Fruit trees and bushes on sale
• Longest peel competition
• Apple tasting and eating
• Chutney, jam and juice for sale
• Ugliest Pear and Rosiest Apple competition
• Apple pies and cakes
• Music & singing
• Apple soup and homemade bread
• Hot Spicy Apple drink
• Info on how to make your own cider
• Info on care and propogation of apple trees
• Apple printing
Entrance will be free but donations will be asked for and very gratefully received! We'll have some apples here but if you have a load that you would like to juice or give away, please bring them along.
For more info, contact Lizzie at bardongrangeproject[at]luu.leeds.ac.uk or Charlotte at hello[at]leedsurbanharvest.org.uk
17th October Picking and Juicing
This coming weekend Leeds Urban Harvest will be having picking & juicing days in the Burley area
so get your harvesting hands on and join us for some, part or all of the sessions!
Bring sturdy boots & old clothes for picking (bags for taking home fruit on saturday & bottles for juice on sunday)
Brink your own snacks/ tea bags/ coffee to share for sunday!
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Saturday picking 1st october 11.00am meeting at All Hallows
call Char on 07949019284 for more info or directions
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Sunday juicing 2nd october 13.00pm meeting at All Hallows
call Pete on 07818454569 for more info or directions
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28th August Sunday Bilberry Bike Buck!
The sun will hopefully be shining so look at this map to see the plan! We will be cycling from Headingly then walking from The Cheerful Chilli in Otley to a spot that is full of Bilberry bushels!
Bikes leaving @ 09.30 Sainsburys Headingly (see map)
Walkers leaving @ 10.30 Cheerful Chilli Cafe Otley (see map)
Bring along
Any water/ snacks/ money you may need.
Tools/ boots/ waterproofs just in case!
Bowls/ tuperware/ plastic bags for collecting.
Call Jenny if you are interested/late/lost on 07858129331
2nd July saturday is cherry day with Gael, Pete, Charlotte
*This is our first harvest of the year!*
Join us for a huge cherry pick, lunch then cherry preserving (Jam & bottling)
Meet us;
at 10:00 for picking
at 13:00 for lunch in the park
at 14:30 for preserving
Check out the map of Kirkstall Hill where we are meeting here
All ages welcome but please bring your own transport or money for a bus to move from the picking spot to the preserving kitchen.
call charlotte on 07949019284 or email hello{at}leedsurbanharvest.org.uk for more info.
6th June Bank Elderflower Holiday with Judith & Charlotte (afternoon/eve)
We will be preserving elderflowers by making ointments, creams and cordial please bring bottles/pots and £2/3 donation for oils etc. Meeting at 29, Back Sholebrook Mount map here at 15.00 to go picking.
email or call charlotte for more info 07949019284
5th June BardFest at Bardon Grange where last seasons juice will be available to buy.
3-5th June Northern Green Gathering; Ben, Mags & Charlotte
we will be taking our little press and juicing on site yum yum!
12th June Swilington Farm Big Barn Bash with Rachael
our little press will be juicing and sharing on site yum yum again!
11th June Beeston festival with Gary
we will have an info stall here so any help to promote in south Leeds would be greatly recieved!
18th June Roundhay Park Food festival; Mags & Gael
LUH 2010 juice being sampled and sold here
29th April 2011
Leeds Urban Harvest - Royal Wild Greens walk and preserving
A few urban harvesters will be guiding a walk through The Ridge to collect nettles, ransom and other tasty woodland plants then running a session to preserve them.
Bring along gloves, good boots and bags for the harvested leaves.
Meeting at 10am on Ridge Terrace (same spot as wassailing)
call 07949019284 if you want to meet us later.
24th March 2011
Leeds Urban Harvest - new harvest meet
A chance for you to get involved, bring new ideas and have an input in your local harvesting group. Leeds Urban Harvest is in its third harvest and is still growing, with over 200 volunteers and a database of fruit trees across the city, lets get everyone from Roundhay to Wortley, Weetwood to Robin Hood picking and juicing this summer!
This meeting will be for people who want to get involved at all levels, from a one-off picking day to joining the organising group.
The meeting will be at 19:30 at The Wrens Hotel in Leeds City centre.
Click here for map.
charlottecarson[at]ymail.com.
23rd January 2011
Leeds Urban Harvest Wassailing late afternoon till late eve!
Join us for another beautiful and magical wassail in Woodhouse Ridge with HOT CIDER, MUMMERS PLAYS, CIRCLE DANCING, LIVE MUSIC and other TRADITIONAL CELEBRATIONS!
Watch this space for more info and get in touch if you are interested in helping on the day!
[call Charlotte on 07949019284 for more info]
End of season celebration!
Your mulberry from your medlar?
Or why you might find Granny Smith and James Grieve hanging out with a Pink Lady?
Whether you do or not, come on down to the Urban Harvest end-of-season celebration quiz night!
Thursday 25th November, from 8pm at the Common Place, Leeds city centre
This season has been absolutely fantastic for Urban Harvest. It's only our first full-on harvesting season, and we've been inundated throughout with a vast abundance of chunky cherries, pleasing plums, awesome apples and pulpy pears - so we'd like to celebrate with a small gathering for all UH's volunteers and supporters, featuring a juicy local food quiz from 9pm!
The night will also feature a debrief / feedback session, from around 8pm - 9pm - so please bring your thoughts about what you liked about Urban Harvest this year: things that went particularly well, things that didn't work so well, suggestions for improvements and new ideas for next season. This would also be a good night to come to if you want to get more involved in organising Urban Harvest - there are you-shaped holes to be filled in the organising group!
If you want to make an apple crumble to share on the night, please get in touch, as we have a few cooking apples left over from the last pick. The Common Place is on Wharf Street, just round the corner from the Corn Exchange; click here for a map.
PS. The small print - the Common Place is a member's club. In order to enjoy the benefits of membership, ie attend this event, you must either join as a member (it's only £2 to join) or be signed in by an existing member. If you have any questions please contact hello[at]leedsurbanharvest[dot]org[dot]uk.
October 30th 2010
Leeds Apple Day
Leeds Urban Harvest will be hosting Leeds very first Apple Day, a nationwide celebration see here for more information. email: charlottecarson[at]ymail.com if you want to get involved or for more info on the event.
October 30th & 31st 2010
Leeds Urban Harvest Process on Sunday.
Saturday - Apple Day celebrations on Briggatte in the City centre!
Sunday - The fruit from picks will be processed on Sunday from 2pm at the Sikh Centre on Chapeltown Road. It is important that no one brings tobacco or alcohol within the Sikh Centre premises as this is strictly forbidden and we are keen to keep up our good relationship with them.
However, whilst tobacco and alcohol are discouraged at the processing site, the following are strongly encouraged:
- Free training in apple pressing (bring an apron), bottles and pasteurizing;
- As much apple jucie as you can drink, bring a plastic bottle to fill!
- The chance to meet like-minded local food fans;
- Plenty of leftover apples to take home so bring a bag!
So do come along!
October 23rd & 24th 2010
Leeds Urban Harvest Pick on Saturday & Process on Sunday.
Saturday - Another small detail - BBC Look North are planning on filming us a little, of course you don't have to be filmed if you don't want to!
Oh yeh, and bring a bag to take some apples home in. Look forward to seeing you there!
Sunday - The fruit from picks are processed on Sundays from 2pm at the Sikh Centre on Chapeltown Road; It is important that no one brings tobacco or alcohol within the Sikh Centre premises as this is strictly forbidden and we are keen to keep up our good relationship with them.
October 16th & 17th 2010
Leeds Urban Harvest Pick on Saturday & Process on Sunday.
Saturday - Meet at the Skate Park on Woodhouse Moor (Hyde Park) at 11 am.
! add yourself to the mailing list on yahoo or check facebook and here for details.
Sunday - The fruit from picks are processed on Sundays from 2pm at the Sikh Centre on Chapeltown Road. It is important that no one brings tobacco or alcohol within the Sikh Centre premises as this is strictly forbidden and we are keen to keep up our good relationship with them.
However, whilst tobacco and alcohol are discouraged at the processing site, the following are strongly encouraged:
- Free training in apple pressing (bring an apron), bottles and pasteurizing;
- As much apple jucie as you can drink, bring a plastic bottle to fill!
- The chance to meet like-minded local food fans;
- Plenty of leftover apples to take home so bring a bag!
So do come along!
October 9th & 10th
Picking on Saturday - Meet outside 
the Cardigan Road Co-op near Burley Park station at 11am. Please bring a packed lunch, appropriate clothing and a bag to take fruit home in! We are expecting an immense crop this weekend.
Preserving on Sunday - The fruit from the pick will be processed on Sunday from 2pm
October 8th 2010
Light Night Leeds
Leeds Urban Harvesters will be exploring the city at night, if you want to get involved in the preparation or on the day email hello[at]leedsurbanharvest.org.uk with LightNight in the subject line.
Unity Day
Leeds Urban Harvest will be sharing information and ideas from last year. This is a great chance to meet other harvesters along with similar groups from LS6 and Leeds.
Co-ordinator Training Weekend
We are running a Training Weekend on 18th and 19th September for anyone who would like to become an Urban Harvest picking or processing coordinator. Coordinating a session isn’t difficult, but it can be daunting if you haven’t done it before. Everyone who would like to coordinate a future session is welcome – it’s a great opportunity to get more involved.
2010's first harvest!
September 11th 2010
16 Sholebroke Avenue
Our first pick will be in the LS7 area, bring a packed lunch and warm clothes to 16 Sholebroke Avenue map here at 11:00am to meet other harvesters.
Contact Nanda for more info and on the day: . All welcome.
September 12th 2010
The Sikh Centre, Chapeltown Road
We will be juicing the fruit from the first pick at the Sikh Centre in Chapeltown from 2pm - 6pm. Contact Mags on . Please note that the Sikh Centre is to the right of the main Temple (Gurdwara) building within the Sikh Temple compound. All welcome.
July 13th 2010
Leeds Urban Harvest Open Public Meeting - All welcome!
Meeting at The Common Place 19:30 a chance to get involved and hear whats happening for the rest of the season!
July 10th 2010
CHERRY PICKING day!
11.00 - 15.00
Leeds Urban Harvest will be leading a cherry pick in the Burley / Hyde Park / Kirkstall areas, bring tough plastic bags, old clothes and a picnic for lunch!
July 11th 2010
CHERRY JAM & PRESERVING day!
14:30 onwards
A day of making jam and possiblyusing our new steam juicer, bring clean empty jars and an apron or old clothes!
July 4th 2010
I Love West Leeds Festival
A Chance to meet Urban Harvesters and see how you can get involved in our picking season that kicks off soon!
June 26th 2010
Old Sleningford Cider Festival
This is not an open event so please contact Old Sleningford for more details at www.oldsleningford.co.uk. Members of Leeds Urban Harvest will be attending, a great opportunity to share tips and tastes!
June 19th 2010
Gledhow Valley Woods Family Fun Day
June 12th 2010
Beeston Festival
Wandering round and answering any questions people had in South Leeds.
Little London Community Day
A great opportunity to attract a different community, area and share ideas with other brilliant existing groups such as Little London Community Centre's Eatwell Cafe.
Feb 20th 2010
Hungry for Activism Event
Urban Harvesters hold a workshop at Hungry for Activism event talking about the history, conception and ideas of urban harvesting. You can also get ideas on how to get involved. See this link for the events website and this link for The Guardian's report on the event.
March 7th 2010
Leeds Urban Harvest Pruning Day 11am - 5pm
MEETING POINT The Three Hulats Pub map here
MEETING TIME 11:30 (for a 11:50 walk to the trees)
BRING a cuppa/flask (and share some FREE biscuits!)
BRING warm clothing/ boots, secatuers or pruning saws (if you have them)
LOST? mobile contact for the day: 07804068328
let us know your coming;
EMAIL broekhoester[at]googlemail.com
CALL Nanda or Dom on 01132621534. (For directions on the day 07804068328)
Spring 2010
Yorkshire Orchards Pruning Day
This will be an open event, but is yet to be confirmed. Keep checking back for more info.
September 4th 2010
Chapel Allerton Arts Festival
Leeds Urban Harvest will be at the beginning of the picking season, an exciting time to come and meet us, get involved or just try some of the fruit!