Feb 28 2009
Garden sharing - an update
Spring is nearly upon us and the great wilds that are the gardens are calling each of us to plant, tend and grow things to help feed ourselves, save the planet from rapid extinction and to get out & about a bit, picking up some vitamin D on the way. All well and good, but what about those of us who have no garden or green space to call our own?
As you may have spotted, my wife and I run GardenLend.co.uk - a garden-sharing scheme that was pioneered back in 2006. The message is still - as then - pretty simple and straightforward:
“Got a garden? Fed up with it? Can’t cope any longer? Just not interested? Have the weeds taken over?
Want a garden? Frustrated green fingers? Not even a balcony? No window sill? Dreaming of flowers and vegetables?
Look no further. Well, only a little further.
GardenLend is a website that links up neglected gardens and their owners with keen gardeners who have nowhere to garden. The site has undergone a revamp and we aim to have as much as possible of the services and features available online.
Registering at our members’ area all that it takes to start to solve your problems. We provide the contacts and you take it from there.”
The idea has developed over the years through and is nearing mainstream acceptance, the idea having been picked up on by amongst others Transition Towns and food and garden related TV programmes.
Looking through the web server logs, we find we are getting more and more hits from people searching for means of more productively using the land that is usually right before our eyes and under our collective noses. With thousand of visitors, the second most common way of coming across our site is via the search for “Garden sharing” which links to http://blog.gardenlend.co.uk/tag/garden-sharing/ on this blog.
To register for garden sharing, simply go to http://find.gardenlend.co.uk/ All you then need do is to post your message - either for a garden or a gardener - and wait for the replies. All arrangements are private ones between the members and are on their own terms as agreed. What could be simpler?
