Café Raparperimeri at Kumpula School Garden – Summer 2025
During June and July 2025, Café Raparperimeri will once again be open at the Kumpula School Garden. The café is designed and run by local youth.
All products sold at the café are homemade and vegan. We also use ingredients from the surrounding garden and foraged from nature, such as nettle and ground elder. In addition to the café, we organize various free workshops and physical activities for children and young people. Dogs are welcome in the café area if kept on a leash. An accessible toilet is available in the garden.
Opening hours
June 4 – July 25, 2025 (closed June 19th and 20th)
Tue–Thu: 2 PM – 7 PM, Fri: 12 PM – 3 PM
You can check the café’s opening hours and weekly offerings on:
Facebook: Café Raparperimeri
Instagram: @caferaparperimeri
Payment methods
At the summer café, we accept MobilePay and card payments.
Background of the café
Café Raparperimeri is a youth-led initiative, planned and operated by local young people. It first opened in summer 2019 at the Kumpula School Garden and employed 18 young people in various lengths of contracts. The relaxed atmosphere and fresh baked goods made by the youth attracted customers of all ages.
The idea for the café emerged in autumn 2018 during participatory budgeting workshops organized by the Pasila Youth Work Unit. Ruutibudjetti (now known as the Youth Budget) is a participatory budgeting model where decisions about youth leisure activities and services are made together with the youth. Some of the young people employed at the café had already taken part in planning it in spring 2019: they came up with the name, designed the logo, the menu, and the program. The café also participated in the Harvest Festival, the Koskela Village Festival, and the Garden of Horrors at the school garden.