GROW’S BLOG
Expect A Slice Of Hackney Wick At Grow For V&A Friday Late As They Come East for a night
By showcasing the creative community that continues to be displaced, we hope to evoke thoughts of what it means to be part of something
10 Reasons To Come To Grow This Winter
As the seasons change, there is plenty to keep to occupied as the nights draw in. Here are 10 reasons why you should come to Grow this winter
Stormvogel The Herbal Barge Moors Up Canal Side For A New Monthly Residency
We’re so happy that we’re partnered with Stormvogel the Herbal Barge and this amazing boat’s captain - the experienced herbalist Melissa Ronaldson for a residency at our Hackney Wick canal side..
Grow Hackney Launches An App!
After 5 years of trading, we’ve decided to launch our own app! Download to collect points, pay in store and order from tabele
Come And Celebrate Our 5th Birthday With Live Music, Art And The Future Fair On Fri 5 & Sat 6 July!
We’re celebrating our 5th birthday by bringing together all that we love for a weekend in July (Fri 5 & Sat 6 2019) showcasing eclectic live music, performances and DJs as well as our eco-fair.
Six Fundraising Events in Six Weeks
We’re committed to helping raise vital funds for the causes we care about and this marathon helped support Love Music, Hate Racism and Herbalists without Borders and more
Carefully Selecting Our Partners With Eco-Creditials And Life As An Experiment In Ethical And Sustainable Business
At Grow, we carefully select our products so when people come in, not only can they enjoy free live music and art, we can celebrate the story of our products and their eco-creditials everyday
Looking For Affordable Desk Or Studio Space In Hackney Wick? Grow Studios Can Help!
Join our small community is made up of visual artists, creatives and graphic designers who are mindful and respectful of each others working habits.
What We Shared At A Week Of Self Organising Events At Grow In January...And What Else For 2019?
Together, with others passionate about the themes of ethical economics; community resilience and gentrification; education out of the institution; climate action and skill sharing we came together to see what more we could do to change the story
Women of the Wick - Artist in Residence
Sara invites local artists to talk about their creative work, the highs and lows of being an artist and everything from sex to social media, mental health, and the future of the artistry scene in London.
Kinetic Ubiquitous Bandwidths (KUB) take over the Eco-Pod
KUB will be focusing on multidisciplinary practices exploring new musical performance environments incorporating the use of active listening and embodied music cognition.
Common Unity - An Artist Residency "What can the Pod become?"
During her residency, Kandice intends to test the limits of the space asking “What Can The Pod Become?” Its primary use will be as a classroom for research on subjects from Permaculture, Socially engaged Art, gift Economy to Sociocracy Governance,
The Air Draft comes to Hackney Wick with a weekend of spoken word and live music
We're excited to announce that on Sat 11 & Sun 12 of August, the floating pavilion the ‘AirDraft’ will moor up at Grow for a weekend of spoken word and live music
Gardening for All!
New local community gardens group - Hackney WICKed Garden, the Grow Team, our customers and kids from our monthly after-school club have all been getting their hands dirty to learn new skills.
THE LAB take over the GROW's Eco Pod with music, art and a community radio show...
Latest artist residence THE LAB start a ten-part community radio show/sound archive of the area is being recorded and compiled and other works.
Motherland at Grow - Surround Yourself with Sounds of Afro-House in Hackney Wick
On a Saturday night once every two months - African-infused electronic music comes to Hackney Wick with 'Motherland'. This all-welcome party takes place in our canalside warehouse and is hosted by DJs Kitty Amor, D-Malice, and Sef Kombo.
Artist Gareth Jones responds to daily life in the Grow Eco-Pod
Gareth says: ‘The location of the Eco-Pod gives views of the unseen sources of the many noises, sitting elevated above the yard at Wallis Road, there is a birds-eye view of the comings and goings’.
Grow’s Ecopod - Artist in Residency
We've joined forces with local environmental architecture practice, Studio Bark, to launch the new 'Grow Pod' as an artist-in-residency
Hackney WickED 2017
Each year, Grow is proud to be part of Hackney WickED DIY Open Studios and 2017 was no different. This festival gives us a chance to the celebrate the creativity in the area and showcase what happens at Grow week-in-week-out.