Garden Sheds and Industrial Buildings Garden sheds part of wasteland transformation

Garden sheds part of wasteland transformation

09:09:20 16th September 2010

Garden sheds are part of a transformation that has taken place in Carlisle wasteland, which has seen the space change to a blossoming community garden in just a year.

The ground, situated in Cumbria, was previously only used for fly-tipping, however last year it was given a new lease of life when it changed hands, according to the News and Star.

Following a transferral of ownership to the Riverside housing association, the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV) was enlisted to help develop the area.

One year later, over 20 types of vegetables and fruits are grown in the gardens, which have received the Cumbria in Bloom award.

"We set about transforming it from a place of waste scrubland into an allotment with beds, sheds and shelters and started growing things there in about March," comments Graham Sullivan, BTCV project officer.

Recently, a set of Victorian farm buildings received funding to be restored to their former glory in North Yorkshire, according to the BBC. ADNFCR-2655-ID-800067176-ADNFCR

Robin Antill+

garden sheds in 1979.

31 years experience.

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