Let's Plant & Grow Together: Your community gardening handbook

Community gardening is a growing movement that transforms neglected plots of land into green, flourishing spaces for everyone to enjoy. In Lets Plant & Grow Together, farming and gardening pioneer Ben Raskin shares his expertise in collective self-sufficiency, encouraging a community audience to grow food and garden together.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 200 pages
Publication date: 01 February 2024
Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC

Community gardening is a growing movement that is taking root in towns and cities all over the world. Groups of likeminded people are transforming neglected plots of land into green, flourishing spaces for everyone to enjoy. In "Let's Plant & Grow Together," farming and gardening pioneer Ben Raskin shares his keen expertise in his introduction to collective self-sufficiency, encouraging a community audience to grow food and garden together. With a thoughtful foreword by Hélèna Dove, Head of Kitchen at Kew Gardens, this guide is uniquely placed to teach you how to make urban spaces bloom. A look into the background of community gardening and its benefits is followed by a practical guide: planning advice is laid out, alongside essential etiquette tips for running a successful site. Learn about these and other practical considerations, including soil fertility, fundraising, business plans, guerrilla gardening, access rights, marketing, leases, and a community-minded directory of the top vegetables, flowers, fruit, and herbs to plant, with key tips on growing in containers to maximize your space. Add a community-minded directory of the top vegetables, flowers, fruit, and herbs to plant, with key tips on growing in containers to maximize your space, and you can get ready to dig for a community garden that will blossom and thrive for everyone. With clear instructions for all ages and backgrounds, your collective will learn to grow and harvest: Kale, Pears, Beetroot, Asparagus, Gooseberries, Oregano, Currants, Melons, Figs. This book contains everything you need to start gardening in a group. Whether that's with family, neighbors, or allotment co-owners, you'll find practical steps to promote harmony, grow more successfully, and make space for.

Weight: 350g
Dimension: 225 x 165 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780711287365
Edition number: New Edition