I'm thinking about starting a Farmer's Market (or similar) on the green near Sainsbury's on Finsbury Park Ave. Anyone with any experience of such who may be able to help a hand I should be very grateful to hear from you. I'm starting form scratch and am well aware of the need to involve the Council, the neighbourhood (to make sure it's what people want) and to get all the right licensing and permissions, so any assistance would be much appreciated. Thanks, Salli

By salli001 at 07:08 on 16/12/11

Hi - that sounds like a great idea, I don't have any experience in this department but id love to help!

By Lily1990 at 00:08 on 09/01/12
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Thanks Lily. I'm up against the other owners as now they are saying that if this goes ahead they may struggle to sell the land as the Farmers Market would enable people to feel more of a community around that patch of land and to some degree feel more "public ownership" which may present more opposition to building plans and planning permission :O( Appreciate your support and if things change I'd love to get back in touch.

By salli001 at 10:30 on 31/01/12
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I also love the idea of a farmers market somewhere in Finsbury Park!
If that site is unsuitable, are there any other places it could be held? What about a school playground? I know other communities that have markets at the local school. I have little knowledge of schools in the area, but I'm thinking of something like Parkwood Primary School, as it's fairly close to the station, and walking past it I see it has a good-sized playground.
Happy to help if you're still looking into running with this idea!

By ejacks at 10:42 on 17/04/12
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I'm still intrested! Parkwood sounds like a great location

By Lily1990 at 00:00 on 26/04/12
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