‘Edible gardener’ Jilly Dougan will be helping the next generation of green-fingered gurus learn the basics about how to grow their own vegetables when she hosts a series of children’s workshops at the uopcoming Slow Food Festival being held in Derry
Jilly’s ground-breaking guide to growing food in schools, ‘Sow, Grow, Munch’, is being launched at Stormont ahead of the two-day Slow Food Festival centred in Derry’s Guildhall Square on Saturday, October 8th and Sunday, October 9th, from 12 noon until 6pm.
The Festival, organised by Derry City and Strabane District Council, will feature a Harvest Market, Street Food Zone, Family Fun Zone, free demos, tours and tastings, is being supported by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) NI Regional Food Programme, with assistance from Slow Food NI.
Thousands of visitors are expected to flock to the free family-friendly event at which leading local exhibitors will showcase good, clean, fair food as part of the October themed ‘Harvest’ celebrations during Northern Ireland Year of Food and Drink 2016.
Jilly (pictured) will be setting up planting stations to show kids how to grow pea-shoots – regularly trending on restaurant menus and packed with healthy vitamins - which they can take home to eat a few weeks later added to salads, pasta, as a snack or even in a sandwich.
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