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Plan to pool gardens to create giant city allotment in Oxford
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“If everyone is responsible for the same communal space, it makes everyone feel safe and we can inspire and encourage each other to take steps towards more sustainable living.”
By Liam Sloan
The Oxford Times
http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/9391712.Plan_to_pool_gardens_to_create_giant_city_allotment/
Excerpt:
Neighbours in East Oxford are being urged to tear down their fences and join their back gardens together to create a communal park.
Six people have been working with Green city councillor Matt Morton to draw up a masterplan for the block of 97 houses on the block surrounded by Hurst Street, Bullingdon Road, St Mary’s Road and Leopold Street.
They believe that if neighbours pool their land to create a single growing area, it could provide fruit, vegetables, eggs, and honey for every household.
Under their plans, householders would keep a small stretch of private garden behind their homes, but the majority of their garden would become part of a landscaped open area used for growing produce.
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