Every City Needs a Seedbank

​As part of City Splash 2026, this interactive and creative session invites you to:

• ​Join a tour of culturally significant plants such as sorghum, okra and callaloo

• ​Practically sow seeds whilst listening to soca

• ​Contribute to the co-design of a new community seed bank at the Wolves Lane Centre.

​We’ll introduce the core elements of the project - from developing a seed catalogue, to creating the infrastructure needed to preserve seeds, to building partnerships with other seed banks for knowledge exchange.

​The next ‘Every City Needs a Seedbank’ event will take place at People, Place[making] and Culture: A Learning Festival on June 17th and 18th 2026 - book here: https://luma.com/5jirlf7o

​The setting

​​Set within the Wolves Lane Centre - a 3.5-acre food growing and social enterprise hub co-stewarded by The Ubele Initiative and Organiclea.

​About

​The Ubele Initiative is an African diaspora led, infrastructure plus organisation, empowering Black and Minoritised communities in the UK, to act as catalysts for social and economic change.

​To achieve this, we work with community leaders, groups, and organisations in the UK and beyond to strengthen their sustainability, resilience, and voice.