“Planting a garden with food potential is one of the most valuable things we can do.”
Isabell Shipard
Welcome to Food Gardening 4 All
FG4A is a fledgling community group based in East Sheen, London, UK, that hopes to encourage aspiring or beginner food gardeners to gain confidence and build their knowledge in growing their own produce.
Whether you only have a sunny windowsill, a small lawned back garden or have just taken on a full-sized allotment, there is always food you can grow with just a little bit of know how.
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Beginners Practical Guide to growing your own Food.
This will be my second year of running this course of practical learning sessions with lots of tips and tricks on how to start growing (or grow better) fruit and veg from seed.
Are you new to vegetable gardening or have you ever said? “Anything I grow always dies or gets eaten by pests!’ If YES! then this is the course for you.
Starting in February there are five monthly sessions that will give you all the information you will need to start growing your own food whether you only have a sunny windowsill, balcony, garden or have just taken on an allotment. Materials, handouts and free tea and bickies supplied.
“I’ve really enjoyed all of the sessions, I’ve learnt so much and I hope there’ll be more!” Linda. Sept. 2025
“I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the FG4A vegetable growing course, full of useful tips.” Claire. July. 2025
“Last year I was a complete novice, but I did Christine’s course and I can highly recommend it.
I’ve learnt loads and it’s a lovely way to meet other food gardeners” Rajni August 2025
Course dates
9th February 2026 – Making a start!
This session we’ll be covering what you will need to start growing, how to plan your space, where to get and how to look after your seeds. We’ll also be discussing compost, microgreens and how to chit your potatoes amongst lots of other food growing tips and tricks
March 9th 2026 – Let’s get sowing!
Book Online here!
You are welcome to pick and choose or book all 5 sessions.
Either way, please book early to avoid disappointment as places are limited.
“Growing your own food is an act of rebellion.“
Matt Agorist
Christine Chatfield
Having lived in East Sheen for over 30 years, Christine Chatfield, a retired teacher, rediscovered during lockdown her love of gardening and the joy and excitement it brings by growing her own fruit and vegetables.
At the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, Christine was allowed to join up her half-sized allotment plot that she’d had for ten years to the other half when the previous owner retired. Round about the same time she treated herself to a greenhouse for her back garden not having had one since she was in her 20’s. Her enthusiasm for sowing vegetable seeds led her to having too many plants to utilise and ended up having a stall in her small front garden offering the spare seedlings to people locally.
Christine first started growing vegetables in her teens and has also been a strong advocate for healthy eating all of her adult life. All of her produce is grown organically and on no-dig principles.’
“Growing your own food is like printing your own money”
Ron Finley
“To forget how to dig the earth and tend the soil is to forget ourselves”
Mahatma Gandhi
You won’t be overloaded with Newsletters, just one a month at most! Food gardening 4 all for me is a hobby with an honest desire to help and inform people to find the joy and fulfilment in growing their own food. Feel free to sign up whether you are local to East Sheen or half the world away!
Check out our Newsletter Archive in the Menu above. Lots of great info and invaluable tips!
Christine