Village Gardens


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real problem in our towns and cities today, and I believe our gardens and greenspaces could have a role in ad- dressing this. Also in the garden feature at Chelsea were a bike storage area and compost bins, along with bee hotels like large dramatic towers – they have been a feature of Nigel’s show gardens in the past, ideal for attracting and retaining wildlife, and these looked fantastic.


Most of the hard landscape in the


garden was constructed with recy- cled materials, such as old concrete slabs that had been cleaned up and re-laid to show people that the build didn’t need to use expensive paving. A small balcony garden over-


looked the communal space to demonstrate what you could do in a tiny courtyard to green up a build- ing and grow some produce. This message is very close to my


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own heart and philosophy – we need to address the real and serious issues around climate change, along with human health and wellbeing, by re-designing our urban spaces with more flair and imagination for the way we want to live. For some ideas on how to green


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