About Wolves Lane

Welcome to Wolves Lane Horticultural Centre, often described as a hidden gem in Haringey. As an urban food sustainability hub, Wolves Lane is pursuing ambitions to contribute to London becoming a market garden city, bringing together innovative sustainable design, horticulture, food growing and community.

The Centre combines cutting-edge sustainable buildings designed by Studio Gil and Material Cultures with historic glasshouse structures dating from the 1970s. Originally run by Haringey Council as a plant nursery, producing plants for the borough and home to an impressive Palm House and Cacti House, Wolves Lane has been led and managed since May 2019 by the Wolves Lane Consortium, whose co-stewards are Organic Lea and The Ubele Initiative CIC.

The Consortium has a shared vision to create and expand opportunities for local communities to engage with sustainable food growing, food distribution, healthy eating and nature through volunteering, training, employment and enterprise. Working in partnership with the GLA and Haringey Council, and with support from the National Lottery, Oak Foundation and the Clothworkers Foundation, Wolves Lane is helping to strengthen local food systems and contribute to London’s vision of becoming a market garden city.

The Centre is proud to host and support the growth of Black Rootz, the UK’s first multigenerational Black-led growing initiative. Black Rootz creates opportunities for knowledge exchange between experienced growers and younger generations, strengthening connections with nature and providing much-needed respite within an urban setting.

We invite visitors and community members to join us for an engaging and unique Open House event. Explore the innovative design and construction techniques used across the site, including straw bale construction and sustainable drainage systems (SuDS), and discover our glasshouses and the diverse plants grown here.

Wolves Lane is a place for people of all ages to learn, share skills and connect with nature. Through the involvement of volunteers, growers and local communities, the Centre continues to foster horticultural awareness, learning and participation.

Join us and discover the vibrancy of Wolves Lane, where history, innovation and community come together to create a sustainable and inclusive urban oasis.

For more information about the Wolves Lane Consortium’s co-stewarding organisations, Organic Lea and Ubele CIC, visit organiclea.org.uk and ubele.org.