Sturminster Newton Permaculture gardens
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Project Aim
To re-generate a town centre brown field site using permaculture principles.
Main aims -
Maintain and enhance biodiversity already present on site
Create access points and paths
Develop some productive growing spaces
Demonstrate permaculture ideas such as mulch beds, food mandala's etc
Involve as many local people as possible through regular work parties and wider PR activities
Further details
Our Transition town permaculture group has been given permission by the developer that owns the ground for us to use it for two to five years possibly more as there are as yet no plans for development. Our interest began after much negative press in the town regarding the "eyesore". We entered the site for some gorrilla gardening in the spring of 2010 - casting seeds and litter picking. By the late summer not only did we have sun flowers flowering on the site but permission to use the site for a community garden. During the winter of 2010/11 we have been meeting regularly both on and off site to design gardens for the space. We have been having monthly work parties and have so far layed out paths, cleared rubbish and moved several tonnes of organic matter on to the site. Presently we are working on an area within the Sturminster newton transition town web site to outline our work and future plans. Into the spring we will be holding a series of work parties for people to learn about permaculture gardening.
Inspiration
Outcomes so far
Lessons Learned
Sources of materials
Town council grounds staff allowed us access to their waste heap which turned out to have many tonnes of well rotted humus under un-rotted top layer.
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