This is an idea Charlotte from York Road spotted in London, and we think it could work very well in Montpelier.
If you have any space at the front of your house, this could be for you*. It involves a free planter bag, filled with free compost, and free seeds, collected from a neighbour’s house (or brought straight to you if you would have difficulty with this). The bags are made of very strong ‘dumpy bag’ plastic, last at least 3 growing seasons, and have worked very well with runner beans, courgettes, sweetcorn and squashes.
On their own, the bags aren’t particularly pretty, but they make a massive community statement if you walk down an entire street with almost every house using one and getting edible front gardens established. They’re also free!
We’re looking to test this out with a row of 5-10 neighbouring houses this year. If you’d be interested in being part of this, and think your neighbours could be persuaded to join you, please let us know in a comment below or email urbangreening@transitionmontpelier.org.uk.
Cheers,
The Urban Greening team
*If you don’t have space at the front, we’re also looking into edible windowboxes. Watch this space…
