Guest blog post by Amanda Woodvine of Didsbury Dinners.

Green Food Trail: Just 1 week to go!
We’re very excited about this year’s Green Food Trail – Didsbury Dinners’ annual celebration of local, seasonal food.

The celebrations will kick off in Chorlton at 2pm next Saturday (7 September). Unicorn Grocery will be marking the start of the UK apple season with fresh apple-juicing in store.

You can then pick up the Trail in Burnage from 5-8pm, with a raft of free, family-friendly entertainment atWestcroft Community Centre. There, you’ll find out how to turn just about any veg into a fantastic curry, and how to whip up tasty tapas. You’ll have the chance to pedal a bike-powered smoothie maker, and enjoy live music from the talented Hugo Kensdale. You can also find out more about bokashi and what Manchester Friends of the Earth have been doing to support local bee populations.

Sow the City will be on hand to answer your food growing questions, and you can plant seeds in their free propagators. You can also sign up to have affordable, fresh and seasonal veg delivered to your door from The Local Veg Box.

And of course do come and say hello to the Didsbury Dinners‘ team. The first 100 of you to visit our stall can snap up free chilli, herb or wildflower seed packs sponsored by Didsbury Traders and TAG!

The Trail continues on Sunday 8 September (2-4pm), with a community BBQ at Fletcher Moss Community Orchard sponsored by Fry’s UK Don’t forget to contact us for directions if you’ve not visited the orchard before!

PLACES ON TWO OF THE SUNDAY FOOD TRAIL EVENTS NEED TO BE PRE-BOOKED, PLEASE.

The first is for food harvesting with Abundance Manchester at midday, and the second is for Didsbury Dinners‘ blackberry-picking fundraiser, from 4pm. 

The Didsbury Dinners team will be there to welcome you with free cakes, a cuppa, and tupperware, so that you can go home with a punnet of freshly-picked blackberries from its Didsbury Community Garden. Admission is just £2 (payable on the day), inclusive of refreshments. Please reserve your place by email.

To read the Green Food Programme in full, please click here. And don’t forget to follow us on Twitter (@DidsburyDinners) for regular updates.

We look forward to seeing you there!