With allotment waiting lists growing, demand for housing intensifying and land values soaring, what’s being done to enable more people to live the Good Life? I visited Longbarrow Allotments in Bournemouth, interviewed Poole Council, went along to ‘Flourish‘ community garden in Frimley, and visited ‘Allotmore‘ in Godalming – to find out about the latest moves and ideas … Continue reading
The City of London is growing fruit and vegetables in grow bags in vacant building sites to tackle the increasing demand for allotments.
I went along to the Open Garden Squares Weekend in London to see how neglected urban space is being used for growing food in the City.
FARM:shop, who feature in my TV documentary on Capital Growth projects, is on Andrew Marr’s ‘Megacities’!
Whilst there’s a push to turn neglected public land into allotments, there’s also a lot of unused private land owned by organisations like Network Rail, British Waterways and the National Trust, which could be used to rectify the shortage of allotments.
Islington is the most densely populated local authority area in England, with fewer allotments than any other London borough. With little green space and a high demand for allotments, the council’s £1 million ‘Edible Islington’ campaign has developed over 100 new food growing projects in schools, housing estates, community centres, parks and local businesses. From edible … Continue reading