It’s now nearly a year since Jamie’s Farm and Oasis began an exciting new chapter, working together to create a permanent home for an urban Jamie’s Farm at Oasis St Martin’s Village in Tulse Hill, south London. Since November 2025, the project has made remarkable progress. The team successfully relocated chickens, guinea pigs, plants and even the timber frame of the barn from Oasis Farm Waterloo to the new site, laying the foundations for a thriving community farm.
Over the past year, more than 200 young people have taken part in Jamie’s Farm programmes at the Village, helping to transform the space into a productive and welcoming environment. Together, they have built raised beds, a compost bay system, a shed and a polytunnel, while creating vibrant flower and herb gardens that are already bringing the site to life.
Alongside this hands-on development, the team has submitted plans to Lambeth Council for an expanded farm that builds on the successes and lessons learned at Oasis Farm Waterloo. The proposed plans include a large timber events barn, pens for lambs and goats, a dedicated kitchen and meeting space for young people, and expanded areas for growing and outdoor activities. The project is also strengthening connections across Oasis St Martin’s Village, where more than 25 organisations are based. By welcoming cross-referrals from partner organisations on site, Jamie’s Farm is helping to provide joined-up, holistic support for local young people and their communities.
Trialling a new hydroponic, vertical indoor growing system.
Jamie’s Farm Brixton is one of six organisations picked to join a “vertical farming” initiative spearheaded by Farm Urban in the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark. Jamie’s Farm have been loaned an indoor, hydroponic vertical growing system and the training needed to engage young people in this innovative way of growing greens. A whole range of salad and vegetables, such as lettuce, kale, basil and pak choi, are grown in an healthy “vending machine” which uses water, a nutrient soliton and UV light.
So far it’s been a fantastic way to excite young people about healthy food and different ways of how you can grow it – the system produces food from seed in about six weeks, uses significantly less water than conventional growing and requires zero outdoor space. Young people can be engaged in all parts of the process, to germinating the seeds, transplanting them to the “wall”, checking and adjusting the nutrient concentration of the water, harvesting the crops and cleaning the equipment.
