First Abundance London Fruit Day |
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Celebration of Chiswick’s fruit harvest at St Michael and All Angels
Abundance London held its first festival on 16th October, at St Michael & All Angels, Chiswick. On the day, local tree owners turned up with baskets and even trolley-loads full of fruit to juice.
The longest fruit peel competitions were won by Michael with 1.97m for the adult prize, and Tom with 70cm for kid’s prize. Sadly, that was not an Apple Day record, so Chiswick must do better next year! "We would like to thank the kids and staff at our participating schools – Belmont, Cavendish, Grove Park, Strand-on-the-Green, St Peter’s – who put up fruit maps, went out on picking parties, cooked, jammed, preserved, and some of whom had a stall at the Fruit Day and raised loads of money for their schools. We hope you had fun and learned about fruity stuff," said Project Co-ordinators Sarah Cruz and Karen Liebreich.
"And of course, thank you to the tree owners, who invited us into their gardens to harvest their surplus fruit. If you still have fruit on your trees, let us know; if you want to be added to the map for next year, so we can help out if you have too much, let us know. "Check out the updated Abundance Fruit map on www.abundancelondon.com and email us if you have any new suggestions. Next year –more trees, more fruit, more jam, more schools, more fun…" October 19, 2010 ![]()
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