The Hounslow Community Farming Association is proud to be the local lead in Hounslow for Capital Growth...

...a partnership initiative between London Food Link, the Mayor of London Boris Johnson, and the Big Lottery's Local Food Fund.

It is championed by the Chair of the London Food Board Rosie Boycott and aims to create 2012 new community food growing spaces across London by the end of 2012.  Capital Growth offers practical help, grants, training and support to groups wanting to establish community food growing projects as well as advice to landowners.

This page lists the current growing spaces available in Hounslow. Please get in touch with the relevant contact by clicking on their name.

Good luck and happy growing!

HCFA has a track record of growing and selling high quality organic produce in 2010. This year, in addition to selling fresh produce at markets HCFA is offering a vegetable box scheme service – consisting of fruit and vegetables that are 100% locally grown.

Details of the scheme are below;

Duration: The vegetable box scheme will be available from last week in May to the first week in November (24 weeks of the year). There are 26 weeks in this period but we assume that individuals are away for two weeks in the summer and monthly prices have been adjusted accordingly.

Frequency: Weekly collection

Collection: Vegetable boxes will be ready for collection from the HCFA site, in Feltham, on Saturdays and Sundays.

Cost: Subscription to the vegetable box scheme will cost £150 for the season. This is roughly £6.25 a week. Payments are to be made in monthly £30 instalments (for the 5 months the scheme is in operation). HCFA would prefer payment by standing order (which can be changed at your discretion), however, a cheque is ok. HCFA is happy to receive payment in cash for the first “trial” month if requested.

Contents: Vegetable boxes will contain a variety of seasonal fruit and vegetables with a particular emphasis on “variety”. The exact contents will depend on the time of year. However, a comprehensive list of the types of crops and the varieties you can expect are listed at the bottom of this leaflet.

Next steps: If you are interested you will need to complete the HCFA Box Scheme Order Form available from this link or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , a HCFA Trustee.