Sunday 19th January 2020
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Report written by Charlotte Emms
8 of us met up at Agnes Riley Gardens on a frosty Sunday morning to lend a hand in maintaining the community-run allotment.
We were tasked with de-weeding and flattening the vegetable plots, ready for planting. There were a few fennels left still surviving the winter chill, so we made sure to re-plant those somewhere else instead of uprooting and mixing with the weeds.
Within an hour, we had cleared almost all of the weeds from the plot and raked it over smoothly - a dramatic difference from when we started!
Well done everyone :)
The park is located next to a number of large social housing estates. Clapham Park Estate, just over the road, is being redeveloped and large numbers of people will be moving into the area. There are three primary schools in the immediate area, plus a new secondary school soon to be developed. We already have some very committed volunteers giving their time to gardening in the park and they have told us they would like some support to run weekly gardening sessions which can help people grow some of their own food. We also want to help children better understand where their food comes from.
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