East End Jam

East End jam was inspired by an unexpectedly fruitful walk around Stratford (east London) in July 2014. On the ordinary light industrial and residential streets of the city I found plums, elderberries, sloes, apples and blackberries in abundance. I picked these and made a range of jams, then led a walk entitled 'Stratford Jam' showing people where the fruit trees and bushes could be found, and gave them the jams to eat. Since then the project has grown, extending across the East End to Hackney, West Ham, Stoke Newington and Stratford, working with diverse groups of people on foraging walks and preserving workshops. Each season culminates in a 'jamboree' a public feast of the preserves that have been made that year. http://www.eastendjam.wordpress.com