Community questions

Me and my little boy love digging in the garden we both get some exercise, fresh air and of course get very very muddy!! But best of all we are both learning how to grow our own food, to be self suffient something I feel is going to be a big part of how we will live in the future! I have filled my garden as much as I can but I reallly need more land, sadly trying to get an allotment in this area...

In my area in Oadby and Wigston the waiting list for allotments, is over 100 on many of the allotments. How can we get the council to allocate more land for allotments?

Meet the Growers #3 Kim

Meet the Growers #4 Steve

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As I went through three years study of BA Interior Design course at London College of Communication I gradually became drawn to urban intervention project – mostly project involving food growing. Places such as Urban Orchard Garden & current Urban Physic Garden have provided endless inspiration of using recycled, reclaimed materials and also proving that even small space can offer a...

Monday 8th august 2011 Decided to get myself an allotment!!! hmmm easier said than done,lol Well after a few words with people on facebook about allotments,and the inability to get in touch with the number the council gave,i was pointed in the direction of  Landshare ,i had a look round and liked what i saw, i have made the 6th member in my area to try to get an allotment and also made a...

Anyone who has looked at my profile will have seen that I am living in Tamworth and looking for land to grow veg on as the council have few allotments; I called up a couple of months ago and was told that each allotment has about 50-60 plots and there are 50-60 people waiting for a plot at each allotment.  Well I have set up a group for Tamworth gardeners called "Let's Grow - Tamworth", but...

September 2010 July 2011 Pictures taken from approximately the same spot. 400sq meters of bramble, thistle, willow herb and nettle cleared to make room for three...