Grow Your Neighbour's Own

Garden Share Scheme

Chris

Grow Your Neighbour's Own is a garden share scheme in Brighton and Hove which aims to make use of under-used land in the city for growing veg. The scheme matches up people who don't have a garden but want to grow their own food with those who own a garden but can't or don't want to grow food. This is also being used by allotment holders who are finding it hard to keep up their own plot and would like to find a co-worker rather than give it up

The scheme works by garden owners and gardeners registering their details either via the website or by phone, and people are then paired if they are a good match, by location, expectations of the scheme, etc. All gardeners are personally interviewed and have references checked, and there's no charge at all.

The scheme's purpose is primarily to see more food grown locally, but there are also the beneficial consequences of people getting to know each other better in their community. The scheme has also started registering larger plots of land from organisations such as churches and community groups onto which teams of gardeners can grow food.

Grow Your Neighbour's Own was set up by Transition Brighton & Hove, an organisation encouraging community responses to the challenges of climate change and peak oil.

See more at http://www.transitionbrightonandhove.org.uk/.

So if you would like to find a co-worker for your allotment, or if you are a frustrated gardener who is still on allotment waiting lists, please get in contact. All levels of gardening experience welcomed.

See our website at http://grow.transitionbrightonandhove.org.uk or phone 01273 431700 for more details.