From fallow to fruitful

THIS ORCHARD AND COMMUNITY GARDEN IN HACKNEY IS PROOF THAT WITH A BIT OF DETERMINATION AND HARD WORK, THE MOST UNPROMISING PIECE OF WASTELAND CAN BLOSSOM AND FLOURISH

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The story so far There’s a history of growing, orchards and market gardens in Hackney, so it feels right that we’ve planted one. It started with a community garden on a disused piece of amenity grass that functioned as a dog run/toilet. Since then, we have expanded to create a foraging garden with a wild area, including a pond teeming with frogs, toads, newts, damsel and dragonflies – all of which have found their way through the buildings and concrete to us. It always astounds me how little nature needs to thrive and regenerate. Back in 2012 The Growing Kitchen approached the management organisation that runs the estate to create an orchard with The Orchard Project on a disused piece of land on the estate. We were given some funding and planted 11…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2018

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