The Hornbeam

Fork to Fork Seasonal Supper: Sat 25th May

Paul — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:32:09 +0000

Check out the menu for this Saturday’s Fork to Fork supper club at the Hornbeam – loads of truly local and fresh produce from Organiclea: watercress and celeriac soup, nettle gnocci, spicy broadbean fritters, rhubarb frangipane and apple & sorrel sorbet! Lovingly prepared by Jenny and Kate from Norman Loves Soup.

Three courses for £15. Advance booking is essential – email cafe@hornbeam.org.uk or call 020 8558 6880. The café can cater for all special dietary requirements – just let us know when you book. Bookings from 6.30-9pm.

And the Fork to Fork Supper Club will be running every Saturday in June as part of the Appetite festival.

Hornbeam Centre Kitchen Assistant – Volunteer Role in Walthamstow, E17

marlene — Tue, 07 May 2013 12:55:14 +0000

cooking good food

Volunteer at Pete’s fabulous garden

marlene — Tue, 07 May 2013 12:47:33 +0000

la di di

it will be fun

oh yes it will

Veg of the month

Paul — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:01:50 +0000

Have a look at our “Veg of the Month” blog, written by our talented master chef Ruth Quinlan, who is introducing new flavours and inspiration to Hornbeam Cafe.

It features an enticing blend of history, science & recipes, and for the month of May its the turn of Spring Greens to appear in the spotlight.

Also, if you haven’t yet discovered Organiclea’s grower’s blog, do pay it a visit: http://organiclea.wordpress.com/

“What’s On” events listing for May

Paul — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:56:41 +0000

Our May programme of events at Hornbeam is now out, and features a Natural Cosmetics Workshop, a free Container growing skillshare, and Organiclea plant sales every Saturday, as well as our regular weekly Curry Club (2nd May is already fully booked), Kids Kitchen for under 5s, and the Open Mic night. And many green events elsewhere in our borough such as wildflower meadow planting in Queens Road Cemetery, a Dawn Chorus Walk, a Walthamstow Marshes Foraging Walk, and Beating the Bounds (note the meeting place has now been changed to Princess of Wales pub car park).

Hornbeam’s Annual Report published

Paul — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:53:20 +0000

The Hornbeam Centre’s three core aims are to 1. promote healthy locally grown, organic and fairly traded vegetarian food, 2. develop local projects focusing on conserving resources and helping people live more sustainably, and 3. provide an affordable space for local groups to meet.

You can see how this translates into actual projects and activities in our 2 page Annual Report for the last year (to 31st March 2013), which you can read here.

Star Volunteer: John Byrne

Paul — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:38:32 +0000

Three months ago The Hornbeam Centre’s loft was almost impassable due to being full of innumerable but potentially useful objects ranging from 2 old leaky water tanks, a tea chest, several desks and chairs, and building materials from the buildings refurbishment 20 years ago. However the chaos meant that many items were effectively lost as they sank under the next wave of offerings.

Just before Christmas Forest Recycling Project volunteer John Byrne came to the rescue, offering to put down a proper wooden floor, and install shelving throughout.

No one realised just how big this exercise would be; it ended up taking 2 days a week of his time for 3 months, during which he reused 350 wooden planks from dozens of pallets (and many of the nails used in their construction), laid down 2 layers of flooring, and constructed an immense shelving system.

The shelving has created much additional valuable storage space, and Hornbeam users are now able to find what they need quickly. John also panelled 2 walls which had exposed insulation on them, and carefully boxed in ducting and a number of water pipes.The Hornbeam Centre owes a huge vote of thanks to John, who we reckon has saved it at least £2,800 in labour costs, and well over £1,000 in wood and other materials.

“What’s On” events listing for April

Paul — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:19:54 +0000

We’ve just published our our April programme of events at Hornbeam, which ranges from our weekly Curry Club, to the Kids Kitchen for under 5s, our Open Mic night, a ‘Super Nu Foraging Plus’ skillshare, and baking workshops. Plus there’s another dozen green events elsewhere in our borough such as ‘A History Of Land Rights And Protest In Folk Song And Story’, a walk along the Lea Valley to Three Mills, and a daffodil bike ride.

Launch of Green Adventures listings service

Paul — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:17:56 +0000

Hornbeam has launched ‘Green Adventures‘, which is a new free online listings service for Waltham Forest. We aim to include every green event planned in the borough for the next 12 months, and already have over 500 listed.

Click here to see the Green adventures web page; note it takes a couple of seconds to load due to the number of events!

Click here to advertise your green event free of charge.

Cafe now open Monday to Saturday

Paul — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:48:40 +0000

The Hornbeam Cafe is delighted to announce that the cafe has extended its opening times to Mondays & Tuesdays.

So the new hours are Monday to Friday 11am – 4pm, Saturday 10.30am – 5pm, and on Thursday’s 7.30 – 10.30pm for our Curry Club.

The cafe will be shut on Sundays.