CLAPHAM LEAF CLUB

Clapham Leaf Club is a project designed to enable pupils from Clapham’s primary schools to learn all aspects of growing their own food from preparing the soil using organic matter, to sowing seeds and culturing their crops which will be harvested and sold as fruit and vegetables or used in a cuisine and cooked and sold at the Market every year in July.

Each July the Market celebrates the summer harvest by holding a Grand Finale where all the participating schools work collaboratively side by side selling the plants they’ve grown from seed and recipes made from their harvest. The Grand Finale is the end of the year final result of all their hard work and learning, with other benefits including raising funds for their School programme.. Everyone’s a winner..

Every year gets better and better and this year was no exception – the local primary schools have been fine tuning their skills on what produce to grow and what new ideas to introduce. There were courgettes, potatoes, tomato plants, lettuces, garlic, herbs, chilli pepper and fig tree plants and pumpkins – lots of different varieties of pumpkins! There were cut wild flowers, sunflowers in pots and paper sachets of seeds for growing cabbage and Nastusiums.. a real mixture of homegrown seasonal produce..

There was an abundance of edible plants from the schools’ summer harvests – a humongous effort from the pupils, teachers, parents and volunteers making this project a success every July – a big thanks & well done to everyone..🏅🏅🏅

Participating schools: Bonneville, Clapham Manor, Heathbrook, St Mary’s RC

Click CLAPHAM LEAF CLUB for information on the project’s first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth year of events..!

IMAGINE: 2

In 2023 the Market held its second art competition Imagine: 2 where our young artists were invited to Imagine their Green environment and where their food comes from.

Congratulations to our winning budding artists – their designs are now printed onto the latest Market tote bags now only £5 each (made of organic and fairtrade cotton). The tote bags are available every Saturday at our Market stall – just the right size bag for your fruit & veg!

We had an outpouring number of entries but there could only be one winner from each participating school: Bonneville / Clapham Manor / Heathbrook / St Mary’s RC