UNDERGROUND AND EDIBLE PARK
EDIBLE PARK
Seattle’s Beacon Food Forest Permaculture Project is designing, planting and growing an edible urban forest garden, which will then inspire the community to gather, grow food and rehabilitate the local ecosystem. A food forest is a gardening technique which mimics a woodland ecosystem by substituting edible trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals. Phase one of this project got
underway earlier this year. When complete, the site will include a mix of individual plots (p-patches); crofts for community groups; open harvest for everyone to share; educational land; and wilderness. Funding has come from grants, donations and going forward, dues people will pay for their plots – about $40, (£24, E29) a year for a 10m x 10m plot.
The goal of the project is to regenerate public land into an edible forest ecosystem
“We’re teaching people to come,
share, take only what they need and respect the land, plants and commu- nity. Education is a large part of this,” says spokesperson Glenn Herlihy. Although there are 90 p-patch pro- grammes in Seattle, this project has attracted interest from all over the US. “I think we’ll see more of these types of projects,” says Herlihy. “There’s a lot of interest in local food and growing organic, and a back- lash against pollutant farming and distribution methods. It’s an enjoya- ble community act which relieves the pressure on the planet and climate.”
Fletcher Priest Architects won the High Line for London competition last year, with Pop Down, an urban mushroom garden in disused Mail Rail tunnels in central London. Lit by street level, sculptural
glass-fi bre mushrooms, the tunnels provide the ideal environment for an urban mushroom farm and the produce would be used at new pop up concept ‘Funghi’ restaurants. Co-creator, Nicholas Worley, says
they went underground because opportunities at street level in London are getting fewer, but there is a network of disused mail tun- nels down below.
Cutting down on food miles is another important part of this project, since most of London’s oyster mushrooms are shipped in from Holland. “People are becom- ing more aware of producing food themselves,” says Worley. As to the future of Pop Down, the company is currently talking to funding bodies, investors and interested parties about taking the project further.
LINEAR PARKS
Created by Olympic Cauldron designers and with the sup- port of actress Joanna Lumley, the Garden Bridge already has a high profi le. Linking the theatre district of London’s North Bank with the galleries of the South Bank, it will feature plants, trees, woodland and walk- ways, providing a tourist landmark, a pleasant com- muter route and a new public space for the city. “A tiara
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stop and enjoy the views. London-based designers Heatherwick Studio are work- ing with Transport for London and engineering consultant, Arup, to develop the scheme. Another linear park con-
The Garden Bridge would link the North and South Banks
on the head of our fabulous city,” says Joanna Lumley. The structure widens and
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narrows across its span and there will be places along the way for pedestrians to
cept was submitted for the High Line for London compe- tition by HTA. Bridge-IT would create a continuous linear park from suburban to cen- tral London through the rail network and disused sidings, using previously inaccessible or degraded land.
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