Sitopia Farm
Growing healthy fresh food for the local community, beauty, biodiversity, enhanced soil fertility and waste recycling.
Sitopia Farm is a social enterprise: we grow food to advance social, environmental and health objectives, with profits reinvested to support our aims. We started off on two small London sites (in Hackney and in Islington) and are now expanding into a larger, more permanent site in Greenwich, South East London.
6 GoodGymers have supported Sitopia Farm with 19 tasks.
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Down on the farm
Saturday 12th June 2021
Written by Alexandra B
I had a fab few hours at the farm, helping out with watering lots of young tomato and salad plants in the polytunnel and shovelling woodchips onto the paths in-between the beds outdoors in the field. I hope to go back soon!
Planting seeds of change and lettuce 🥬
Thursday 3rd June 2021
Written by Lewisham runner
I went along to help build veggie beds at Sitopia. The weather was wonderful and I enjoyed learning about the project! There were volunteers on site who have been volunteering with the project on and off for the last two months. There was a variety of work to do on site!
The site is lush and did not feel like it was in the middle of London!
Hay day bank holiday down on the farm
Monday 3rd May 2021
Written by Julian Osman
One good gym runner joined a working party at Sitopia farm, a social farming enterprise just off Shooter's Hill. On arrival we were greeted by the wonderful Chloe who took us to our task: building beds to grow organic vegetables. The cardboard base was rolled out ready to go and some of the group started on the seemingly Sisyphean task of transferring organic compost from a large pile to the base, whilst others finished other beds by spreading straw around the edges. After several hours the new bed was complete yet the file of compost seemed no smaller, so there's a great opportunity for other Goodgymmers to get down on the farm to help build further beds in this amazing community enterprise.
Our good seed for the day
Sunday 25th April 2021
Written by Sarah Wren
GoodGymers Johnny and Sarah joined other volunteers to help out at Sitopia Farm, a new social farming enterprise in Greenwich.
Sitopia Farm aims to convert an empty green field into a thriving, biodiverse space growing fresh vegetables and flowers, and create a community hub.
After a warm welcome and briefing by Chloë, the founder and head grower, we got to work on the no-dig plant beds.
Step 1: roll out a sheet of cardboard to stop the underlying grass growing through Step 2: lay a bed of green waste compost, crumbling large clods up to an even, fine texture Step 3: lay wood chips to create pathways between adjacent beds.
It was a good fitness workout shovelling the compost and wood chips into wheelbarrows and ferrying them to the uphill plot. And it was a lovely way to meet new people and lend a hand at this inspiring project.
