Worthing Garden Share

 

LATEST March 2012

Is there a garden owner in Durrington, near Ringmer Road who will offer plot to keen local grower?

Gardeners - the plots below are available now. Get started, spring is on the way!

East Worthing

1. Thesiger Road, 2 x smallish beds in the front garden

Central Worthing

1. Small raised beds needed in Grafton Road 

Broadwater & Gaisford

1. Large plot 24' x 90' with fruit trees, Broadwater Street East

UNDER OFFER

2. Two plots (10' x 30' and 12' x 12') and greenhouse, Beeches Ave

GONE!

3. Grow veg in a flower border in Livesay Crescent

UNDER OFFER

4. Grow veg in the borders in Carnegie Gardens

5. Half the lawn area in Pavilion Road

UNDER OFFER

Offington

1. Garden, Poulter's Lane 

GONE!

Goring by Sea

1. Large beds, greenhouse, Crowborough Drive

GONE!

2. Beds with some fruit trees, Lansdowne Road

UNDER OFFER

High Salvington

1. Long, wide bed, Foxley Lane

UNDER OFFER

If you want to find out more about these gardens call Claire Hunt on 07508 178590 or email transitionworthing@gmail.com.

Why Garden Share?

If we want to avoid food-miles and eat fresh, healthy produce that doesn’t cost the earth - in any sense - what better way than growing our own fruit and vegetables. But many Worthing residents don’t have gardens and the average length of wait for an allotment in Worthing is at least 2 years. On the other hand, there are lots of gardens not currently producing food. Connecting potential growers with unused or under-used gardens is a grass-roots solution to boosting local food production, with the chance of forging new friendships and community links at the same time.

 

Garden Owners

Would you be willing to let a keen would-be gardener use part of your land to grow fruit and vegetables, some of which they would share with you? You might like the idea of your garden producing food, but don't do it yourself because:

• you don’t know how – this way you can learn from someone more experienced.
• you don’t have time - let someone else do it and have a share of the produce.
• you are finding the garden hard to manage – let someone help and you could pass on your valuable growing skills.
• you would like a bit of company - get to know someone who lives nearby

Download the GardenOwnerRegistration.doc and return to: transitionworthing@gmail.com

 

Would-be Growers or volunteers

• Want to eat fresh, healthy, cheap, organic food?
• Could you lend a hand to someone who needs help with their garden?
• Enjoy exercise and being outdoors?
• All levels of experience welcome – we match you with someone who needs your help or who can mentor you. There are also lots of places to get growing advice - Martin at Culberry Nursery runs lots of courses (see our events section). See also links below.

Download the GrowerRegistration.doc and return to: transitionworthing@gmail.com

 

Be a Garden Share Co-Ordinator

We need help to make this scheme grow and we will train you to help administer it in your neighbourhood. Let us know if you are interested. 

How does Worthing Garden Share work?

You fill in the form, telling us what you want and expect from the scheme. We will meet you to make sure we know enough to pair you with the right person. We will try to suggest a suitable match, the two of you meet and if you agree about the details of the arrangement, you sign an agreement and the growing begins.

 

Read press releases about Garden Share - comments from current sharers and Adur and Worthing Councillors who support the scheme - on this link:

http://transitiontownworthing.ning.com/page/garden-share

Some thoughts on the past and the future:

In World War Two, the nation was able to achieve yields of 40 tons per hectare from allotment and back garden vegetable production. If Worthing achieved this productivity again, it could keep its population of 100,000 in organic fruit and vegetables year round from only 456 hectares of the available 980 hectares of gardens! With a bit of sharing of land, skills, surplus produce, we could build resilience and food security, whatever happens to oil supplies and commercially-grown food prices. We would eat better than we do now, reconnect with the soil and seasons and get to know people in our neighbourhood.

To read more about how Worthing could feed itself, see our Food Web report here:

Downland, Townland, Coastland

 

Links:

Garden Organic guide to gardening jobs this month.

BBC Dig In advice.

Gardening the no-dig way.