Potential new allotments

[legalalien]

Just saw this on a Southwark newsletter.

"The Council is committed to creating more opportunities for community gardening and food growing and is launching an Allotment Expansion Guarantee in 2021.

If you live on or near a Southwark Council estate and you would like to create new food growing plots, the council can support you. The Community Gardening Coordinators will work with groups of residents to plan, build and run growing spaces on LBS land.

Tell us about where your community would like to grow food and we'll be in touch as the campaign launches.

Enter your email below and we'll let you know when this Commonplace is ready."

The interactive site hasn't launched yet but you can register to be notified when it launches.

https://allotmentexpansionguarantee.commonplace.is/?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=

(Am conscious I have started a couple of new threads today. Having signed up to a whole bunch of council alerts I keep coming across things that I think people might be interested in. If I get boring someone tell me to stop!)

[nxjen]

I think most of the links you?re posting will be of interest to some people. I do wonder though whether posting in the general ED issues section is the appropriate place as many apply to the whole of Southwark, not just ED, and would be more appropriate posted in The Lounge. Similarly, the one you posted earlier about pupil places might be better off in the Family Room.

[northernmonkey]

This one is a good idea - there is a Southwark estate just off the A2 where this has been done and its brilliant - stops there just being unused grass with a 'no ball game' sign - now has allotments and beehives and looks great too.

[legalalien]

Thanks nxjen I wasn?t quite sure of the protocol!

[malumbu]

On a related note there are plenty of community gardens looking for volunteers (although I expect that this will be on hold at the moment). Not sure where the closest to SE22 is but if you come over Lewisham direction there are many - Devonshire Road, Sydenham Garden, Wild Cats, ones popping up by other railway lines towards Telegraph Hill and Crofton Park. I'll put up links if people are interested, perhaps in a separate thread.

[KidKruger]

there's a lot of space available, probably several acres, on Melbourne, Elsie, Derwent, Tintagel, Carlton, Court Lane !

[Seabag]

I?ve often thought of this programme over the years, but it?s very relevant now and could be here in Southwark

Monty Don visits 80 gardens around the world, and they?re beautiful. But the ones in Cuba are my favourite. I?ve added this link and the Cuba part is nearer the end. Have a watch, it?s really inspiring.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b008wf8l/around-the-world-in-80-gardens-1-mexico-and-cuba

[sjsl]

Well I'm not impressed by notimpressed's comments, I think the allotment expansion plan is an excellent one, I've added my vote to the Albrighton Estate suggestion.