Planning a garden from a blank patch of ground is a pretty daunting task. There's a ton of stuff to think about and seemingly insignificant decisions can have major impacts on the success (or otherwise) of the garden. Luckily, amongst our fledgling community group so far, we have a few local residents who've been involved in community gardens before and one who's a professional grower. Plus, we have the experience of the Fortis team who have helped and supported two other community garden projects in Worcestershire get off the ground and flourish. So before we get too far into planning the space, we're going to visit the community gardens in Droitwich and Worcester which Fortis helped get off the ground. The trip is scheduled for the afternoon of Monday November 7th. If you're interested in joining our Pickersleigh Community Garden group and would like to come along, get in touch!
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One of the first big decisions we had to make about our garden was whether to have it open to all, at all times, or only when we were working in the garden. Aside from practical key holder issues which were bound to come up when different people wanted to work in the garden at different times, blocking access to the garden just seemed wrong. We talked about the risk of vandalism and anti-social behaviour that an unsecured garden would be open to, but in the end, based on the experiences of other open community growing spaces, a little bit of faith in our fellow humans and a plan to limit risk on an item by item basis, we decided on low fencing, with a gate that will always be unlocked. After weeks of delay with the supplier, the fencing finally went in on 21st September. Happy day. FInally some evidence of our collective efforts so far. Fortis' Chris was on-site to oversee the installation. Here's his tweet marking the occasion.
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AuthorsVarious members of Pickersleigh Community Garden group. Archives
July 2017
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