#Croydon. Sewing machines ready for workshop. Attendees are here. #circulareconomy.

#Croydon. Introduction to sewing machine. Confidence is growing amongst the attendees.

Lavender cutting day at Little Meadow #Croydon

Cr'Oyster mushrooms will be appearing soon. The farm is being rebooted with a local volunteer running it. It's good to have one of the really good #Croydon circular economy projects back up and running. Here's the first inoculated bag of waste coffee grounds of the reboot.

Inoculated bags of waste coffee grounds building up and getting closer to fruiting. #Croydon

#Croydon Xmas merchandise at Textile Repair Cafe. Whitgift Centre Opening dates and times Nov 22+29 13-1600. Nov 26th 1130-1330. Dec 10+17 1130-1330. Dec 6+13 13-1600.

#Croydon Cr'Oyster mushrooms struggling to develop. They need a long cold spell to shock them into growth.

#Croydon lots of #handmade #Xmas goodies at the #TextileRepairCafe. Open to 13.30 today. Opp M&S

#Croydon. Jeans repair workshop. Sat 3rd Dec 1130 Whitgift Centre opp Marks and Spencers eventbrite.co.uk/e/basic-jeans-…

#Croydon. Childrens workshop 17 & 24 October 1100. Whitgift Centre. Textile Repair Cafe. eventbrite.com/e/fun-with-tex…

#Croydon cr'oyster mushroom cultivation has restarted to coincide with #CEweek2023. Here's volunteer Ria with her first inoculated waste coffee grounds.

Did you know Fairfield has an urban mushroom farm? I’ve loved my first week helping out at CroydonUrbanMushroom. It’s particularly exciting to see the project restart on #CEWeek23 If you didn’t already know, I’m a MASSIVE mushroom fan :) 🔗 greencroydon.co.uk/croydon-urban-…

Autumn is a great time of year to find fungi and you can join a fungus foray to find out more about local species If you fancy growing some to eat, check out businesses like CroydonUrbanMushroom who sell packs of old coffee grounds seeded with oyster mushrooms theguardian.com/science/2023/o…

Croydon is the home of urban mushrooms! Today I’ve been CroydonUrbanMushroom for #the32 with Andrew Dickinson Andrew Dickinson finding out how waste coffee grounds can make oyster mushrooms grow Salma El-Wardany BBC London

Did you know #Croydon took its name from the crocus plant? Can you imagine a time when Croydon was covered in them? Here are some young crocus plants at ⁦CroydonUrbanMushroom⁩ today ⁦Salma El-Wardany⁩ ⁦BBC London⁩

Supplies have arrived #Croydon Andrew Dickinson

Getting there… Almost time to harvest!

#Croydon. The first crop, for a while, of beautiful, textural Cr'oyster mushrooms. These are going into a lovely warming soup. Nom Nom.

#Croydon Cr'oyster mushroom soup freshly made. Onions, garlic and creamy sauce. Very filling and packed with goodness.

Have been out and about delivering Cr'oyster mushrooms to lovely repeat customers. Thank you to them.