Start a community garden - advice from the Eden Project

This website provides an inspiring guide to the first steps of setting up a community garden, stressing that it can start from very small beginnings and very little funding. According to this source:

Finding a space is the first step, but the space does not need to be big or even green. This is followed by collecting plants, materials and tools where available in the local community and starting to plant up the garden. Setting up a volunteer group to develop and maintain the garden is key and it is often good to involve the community and possibly local businesses.

Funding is generally needed to take the garden to the next level. The website  includes an updated list of organisations offering grants for community projects with links to their websites for the full details.

The website also includes articles on other aspects related to encouraging gardening and nature engagement within the local community, such as planting up planters, creating a wildflower meadow and involving children

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