Here’s another great garden sharing scheme: Garden Partners. Age Concern and Wandsworth Council have got together to enable elderly people who are struggling to cope with their gardens to find people who want to find somewhere to grow fruit and vegetables.
Many elderly people worry about the fact that they can’t look after their gardens, particularly if they used to be keen gardeners. At the same time there are so many people waiting for allotments and looking for somewhere to grow some fruit and veg. It is also great for societly as a whole if people help each other and find mutual benefit.
I’m beginning to think the the greatest benefit of sharing is the development of community, rather than the economic and environmental benefits that tend to drive people to sharing in the first place. But it’s taken me a couple of years building yours2share to realise this.
I’m particularly pleased to see that Wandsworth is involved in this scheme. I used to live there and my father worked there for many years. If they have got involved, then the scheme is probably very well thought through and has commitment behind it.
Here are yours2share’s current listing of garden shares wanted and available.