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.
The eye-catching B&Q vertical allotment garden won gold at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London this year.
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.
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.