Pop-up gardens at the Chelsea Fringe
Local community gardeners transformed street corners into pop-up plots and roads into mini-orchards as part of this year's Chelsea Fringe Festival.
An orchard in the street
The clever people at Wayward Plants transformed an empty site in south London into the Union Street urban orchard for a summer.
The Edible Bus Stop
Visit this wonderful community village green next to a bus stop in Lambeth, London, and you'll miss every bus that passes by as you stare at the wonderful edible oasis.
The fabulous front garden project
Meet the London gardeners who decided to brighten up their street with beans and growbags.
Wot no plot?
Fed up of waiting around for an allotment? No garden of your own? Don't panic - here's a list of gardens and organisations just waiting for your green fingers.
{Community Garden} May
The glorious Easter weather has really transformed the New Routes site. The plants have responded enthusiastically to that bit of warmth. The polytunnel is a mass of green seedlings ready to be pricked out,...
Community Garden {March}
New Routes: March 2009
by Jill Coleman
It has been so nice to see the sun at last and actually to feel warm when we are at work. Only a couple of weeks ago we could only make out the first stirrings o...
Community Garden {Feburary}
New Routes: January 2009
by Jill Coleman
One of the nicest things about getting through the post-Christmas/new year doldrums is seeing the days start to get fractionally lighter and longer because you k...
Community Garden {January}
New Routes: January 2009
by Jill Coleman
New Routes has had a slow start to the New Year. Although we were on site all the way up until Christmas Eve, we shut down for a week and the end of December and ...
Community Garden {December}
New Routes: December 2008
by Jill Coleman
A few years ago, when the MacIntyre Workshop (as the Learning Centre was called in those days) was starting to expand we thought about running a few garde...
Community Garden {November}
New Routes: November 2008
by Jill Coleman
Well, the Open Day at the orchard was a great success. In the middle of a grey, chilly week, blighted with squally showers, the weather was kind to us on the da...
Community Garden {October #2}
New Routes: October 2008
by Jill Coleman
It's late in the season, but the growing continues. The onion sets and garlic should go in this week as we spent most of Friday clearing away the rampant grow...