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Grow for the Future is a pioneering Hounslow initiative and the UK’s first policy to transform unused council land to grow food and educate children on healthy living. Funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) – which is part of the UK Government’s Levelling Up agenda - this new policy will enable local communities to grow food.
The aim is to pair each new site with a local school or VCSE group in areas across the borough which are built up and have limited access to green spaces and to encourage individuals to get active, get involved and participate in local community growing sites.
The Council plans to open-up four new sites per year. The initial phase of Grow for the Future is working with areas of unused council-owned land, but subsequent phases will assess private wasteland that could be leased or purchased by the Council and opened up to the public and schools as community growing and educational spaces.
Westmacott Drive Open Space
The initiative's first orchard project is already transforming an underused, empty space in Westmacott Drive Open Space (see video below). The wildflower meadow has been seeded, and fruit trees alongside raspberry and blackberry bushes will be planted in the upcoming season. Local school children are collaborating with the activities including growing sunflowers for the new site.
Brabazon Estate
The second orchard project of Hounslow's Grow for the Future initiative has opened up a neglected alleyway in Cranford's Brabazon Estate and transformed it into a thriving space with new fruit trees and lavender.
'Creative Growing' sessions will be hosted by Creative Spaces London to encourage residents of all ages to learn the skills needed to grow food. These sessions include indoor planting, visits to local parks and open spaces, creating their own gardening toolkit, and more.
Sessions will take place every Wednesday, 12-2pm at Brabazon Community Centre, TW5 9LT. These will run until 22 May 2024.
Grow for the Future is a pioneering Hounslow initiative and the UK’s first policy to transform unused council land to grow food and educate children on healthy living. Funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) – which is part of the UK Government’s Levelling Up agenda - this new policy will enable local communities to grow food.
The aim is to pair each new site with a local school or VCSE group in areas across the borough which are built up and have limited access to green spaces and to encourage individuals to get active, get involved and participate in local community growing sites.
The Council plans to open-up four new sites per year. The initial phase of Grow for the Future is working with areas of unused council-owned land, but subsequent phases will assess private wasteland that could be leased or purchased by the Council and opened up to the public and schools as community growing and educational spaces.
Westmacott Drive Open Space
The initiative's first orchard project is already transforming an underused, empty space in Westmacott Drive Open Space (see video below). The wildflower meadow has been seeded, and fruit trees alongside raspberry and blackberry bushes will be planted in the upcoming season. Local school children are collaborating with the activities including growing sunflowers for the new site.
Brabazon Estate
The second orchard project of Hounslow's Grow for the Future initiative has opened up a neglected alleyway in Cranford's Brabazon Estate and transformed it into a thriving space with new fruit trees and lavender.
'Creative Growing' sessions will be hosted by Creative Spaces London to encourage residents of all ages to learn the skills needed to grow food. These sessions include indoor planting, visits to local parks and open spaces, creating their own gardening toolkit, and more.
Sessions will take place every Wednesday, 12-2pm at Brabazon Community Centre, TW5 9LT. These will run until 22 May 2024.
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