Creating an experience which inspire our memories of how living foods reconnect us to soil, spirit and community these workshops with the young people has helped them reconnect to soil as the first step in the design and planting of an urban food garden within the landscape of the new Sophiatown Motswako Cultural Centre, due to open in late 2013.

Lewin and Garthorne-Hardy run Touchstone Collaborations, and their stand for FoodWineDesign, ‘Taste of the Garden’, is a culinary installation that has arisen out of this partnership. Here, visitors will experience intimate tastes and food rituals inspired by the stories from the youth, who have been living and working with Sophiatown’s rich heritage for almost a year.

The project was initiated through a long term partnership with ASHA which has the largest bio-dynamic garden in England, next to the Forest of Dean. Youth exchanges over the last few years have exposed youth to the soil as ‘gold’ for the sustainability of cities and lives across the African continent.

Makhomo Tsepa, convenor of Kofifi said: "I am about to fly to the UK to spend time at the ASHA Centre for the third time. The idea to have a garden here in Sophiatown, drawing on the experience and beauty of ASHA’s will be an amazing learning opportunity for anyone who cares about our continent and our ability to feed our children in the future."

The public will be able to see the installation at FoodWineDesign, and thereafter at the Bag Factory from Monday, 26 November to Thursday, 6 December.

One can also experience Sophiatown’s heritage at the Heritage and Cultural Centre, where there is a photographic exhibition about the removal of people from Sophiatown to Lenasia until the end of the year. Walking Tours can be booked for those interested in understanding the significance of this small suburb, or one can step back in time on Friday, 30 November with live jazz at this unique and intimate space. For details, visit www.trevorhuddleston.org. To book, call 011 673 1271.