Partners

Edible York is an umbrella organisation that supports communities to grow and enables people across the city to access fresh, local food through our network of public vegetable beds, York Orchard tree-planting and harvest redistribution project, Abundance.

We wouldn't be able to do any of these things in isolation, and working together with other organisations and people has been vital to our character from day one. There are so many organisations in York doing fantastic things, and it's been a pleasure to work with many of them towards our vision.

City of York Council	licenses the land for our city centre beds, and lends the site for Apple HQ.
Yorkshire Chillies	provide space in their polytunnels to get our seedlings off to a robust start in the spring

Too many to name individually	guardians and hosts of the York orchard fruit trees.
York Environment Forum	share and support our vision, and provide effective campaigning, publicity and networking
St Nick's Environment Centre	for occasional events
Food Banks and community cafes	to use and distribute fruit for people who would not otherwise have any.

Edible Map

At Edible York, we’re working with the community to provide every local and organic food growing opportunity available. This also includes highlighting and pointing out areas where wild produce is already ripe for picking and areas which are ideal for foraging for delicious natural treats.

There is a world of goodness outside your home and with a simple look at our Edible Map; you’ll soon see the vast array of naturally growing wild produce just waiting to be enjoyed. In addition to mapping out all the public food growing space that are known of across the York area, Abundance, York’s urban harvesting group is also hoping to collect details of private fruit and vegetable sources. The map itself shows only publicly available areas.

Across York, the Edible Map highlights a vast array of wild fruit trees, ready for their fruit to be harvested and enjoyed, without a polythene bag in sight. From sweet chestnuts to wild apples and damsons to blackberries, the fruit available across York may surprise some people, who weren’t previously aware of the extent of wild, natural produce available. The Edible Map is collated by members of the Edible York team but also accepts submissions from readers who have spotted something interesting.

As well as fruit trees and bushes, plucky foragers have spotted many naturally occurring herbs and spices amongst the hedgerows of the area. The map shows sites growing of garlic mustard, horseradish and even edible roses. With the vast array of natural produce growing, our work at Edible York can only serve to help the community build up from this great starting point and further develop the sustainable food sources in the area.