Annual Community Project 2026

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2025 Flax and Flowers

2024 Cawl

The aim of this project was to link children and adults, growing vegetables at a domestic and field scale and harvesting, cooking and sharing the result.

Cawl is a traditional Welsh  dish, ‘plain but wholesome’ slow cooked to bring out the flavours of the seasonal ingredients.

Local primary children and care home residents have grown leeks, swedes and other ingredients under the watchful eye of Grace Crabb. Some crops were hand cultivated, others were prepared with tractor and plough.

When the crops are harvested we will make a delicious winter soup and serve it at a stall outside the coop and at other venues in Machynlleth.

Proceeds go towards ongoing school and care home garden projects in the Dyfi Valley; future projects will include growing and making commercial chutney, and chestnut tree planting. We aim to have a new project each year connecting children with the landscape and food.