Well the Let's Eat the Park the LEAP Project has had its first year and we are pleased with the progress made so far. Our activities have aroused interest from partners and collaborators from not just the locality, or even the county - but all across the country from the Royal Horticultural Society, to the Skipton Building Society - the LEAP logo has been seen far and wide during the past 12 months. Flexibility is built into the design so a LEAP team member could for example visit a Three Sisters Garden in London and then establish one in St George's Park within a week with the support and approval of the whole LEAP team. This is DIY co-design undertaken by people with a vision rather than a blueprint the details of which change with every challenge encountered and overcome - LEAP is an exercise in community resilience.
Every weekend (and on some weekdays too) a work party is called up from local volunteers to tend the park and plant edibles in hitherto unproductive and often neglected green spaces within the funded area around the Horsefair. Here are a few pictures from the 27 June Work Party in St George's Park.
Every weekend (and on some weekdays too) a work party is called up from local volunteers to tend the park and plant edibles in hitherto unproductive and often neglected green spaces within the funded area around the Horsefair. Here are a few pictures from the 27 June Work Party in St George's Park.