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Want some free food? All this is just waiting for you

Written by
Anna-May Richards
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Everyone likes a freebie, right? Well if you want a taste of freshly-grown herbs, fruit and vegetables for absolutely nothing – nada, zilch, gratis – just keep your eyes peeled as you walk to work, go shopping or just when you're out for a short stroll around the Bristol. 

Paying homage to international organisation La Via Campesina and Detroit's guerrilla gardener Ron Finley, the Incredible Edible project is all about food sovereignty and – that word of the moment – sustainability. The aim is to encourage people to take food production back into their own hands, like in the good old days, while providing healthy, free food for all.

The past year has seen Incredible Edible grow its tasty movement from south of the river in Bedminster to the heights of Lockleaze. Groups of Bristolians spend their days building beds and planting food for public consumption all around, including Kingswood's Spring Hill, St Pauls and Fishponds, and they want you to eat what they grow.

Make sure you check out these beds that are turning Bristol into the UK's first Edible City…

Dove Street

Sara Venn

Castle Park

Sara Venn

Dame Emily Park – wild garlic and chocolate-flavoured mint

Sara Venn

Sara Venn

Millennium Square – cauliflower and cabbages

Sara Venn

Fishponds

Sara Venn

Even Bristol Royal Infirmary has spinach waiting to be harvested. And the great thing is, there's no catch: You can pick it and you can eat it, but you don't have to plant it. But you never know, you might fancy picking up a trowel and mucking in.

The Urban Food Growing Trail is planting more food on May 7 and follows nine beds from Temple Meads to Millennium Square.

Vegan and vegetarian restaurants on Time Out Bristol.

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