A very short post on this extraordinary project because, broadly speaking, I’ve said it all before…

But still worth it because this has grown from an idea in a local man’s mind to something which is genuinely spectacular and ‘owned’ by hundreds of people.

Vegetables a plenty as the number of of allotments increases at Elford

There are numerous posts on my site about the Elford Walled Garden Restoration project and how a group of forty or so people from Elford and the surrounding area have taken a run down, derelict, historic garden and house and turned it into something very special.

I’m proud to be Patron of the Gardens Restoration and every time I go there it means more and more as progress hastens… and hastened again, it has. Yet another tranformation since I last went there, last, eight weeks ago with fully planted allotments, a very large village events area and the house largely refurbished with a new roof and extensive internal plastering.

And they really take care with things. Yes, they do buy some things of course. But wherever possible, where trussies are needed, they make them from scratch and where there’s specialist pieces or skills required they get on and build them or learn how to.

So hugely impressive and the plans for its use, both locally, and wider to be of use to older people and the young who have specialist needs is absolutely right.

Sensory garden, tranquility area and other innovative ideas are likely, knowing this lot, to turn into reality.

Worth a visit and also worth becoming a ‘Friend‘ no matter where you live… it is our history and heritage after all.

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