Earlier this month, four of us headed off on a road trip to check out how two other community gardens are doing things before we finalise our plans and start spending our Bags For Life cash on basic infastructure needs. Both gardens have been created with invaluable support of Fortis Living and both have won awards.
Our first stop was Warndon Community Gardens in Worcester, where we met gardeners Maxine and Mark. As they showed us round the garden, they generously shared all kinds of tips and advice based on their experience which will help us make good decisions. For example, we now know we're going to need at least 5 water butts in our rainwater harvesting system. And, having seen inside their 'shed' (inverted commas because it's more clubhouse than shed), I'm wondering whether we might need to think about getting a slightly bigger one than we'd been thinking of 'til now. Otherwise, we might never get over our shed-envy. Next stop was Mr Beestan’s Garden in Droitwich, named after the local grocer who had the piece of land before it became a community garden. This garden was magically quirky with plenty of features dotted about for the benefit of wildlife and children - everything from bird-boxes to bug-hotels to a pond. We loved their innovative use of space between two adjacent fences to create - in the absence of a shed - covered storage too, and particularly liked that they'd left some unplanted areas to grass. Huge thanks to Ros for organising our roadtrip. It was a great idea and a worthwhile exercise. We hope to stay in touch with both garden crews and look forward to welcoming them into our garden just as soon as we celebrate our launch!
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AuthorsVarious members of Pickersleigh Community Garden group. Archives
July 2017
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