After several anxious months awaiting a decision, the Palmers Greenery team were recently informed by Enfield Council that, subject to formalities, they had won the bid for the project to open a café in Broomfield Park. The team is now hoping to start operation in the autumn of 2013.

The 'Palmers Greenery' will be a kiosk type operation, with indoor kitchen, serving hatch, outdoor seating and toilet/baby-changing facilities. It will be a child (and dog!) friendly venue serving affordable, healthy and - where possible-  locally-sourced drinks and snacks. It will be staffed by volunteers from the community and all surplus generated will be reinvested directly back into the park for park-enhancing purposes.

So far more than two hundred people have expressed an interest in volunteering their time and expertise to help run the project.

We want to have a minimal environmental impact and aim to embrace composting, recycling and eventually food surplus.

We are ambitious for this project - it has the potential to be so much more than a kiosk cafe. We want to bring old and young together, reach out to vulnerable groups and provide a platform for local people to gain valuable skills and work experience.