Through the city’s Strategic Energy partnership, E.ON has provided funding to Coventry City Council to create community growing spaces in the city.
The project is in partnership with E.ON, Grapevine, Garden Organic and Citizen and will create up to three new community growing spaces within some of the most green deprived parts of Coventry.
Community growing spaces are fantastic for:
- Fostering good physical and mental health
- Strengthening connections within communities
- Allowing people to grow their own fruit and veg locally and sustainably
- Creating spaces for communities to enjoy and relax in
- Creating spaces for wildlife
With our partners, we will provide training, equipment and seeds to create new community gardens. There will also be opportunities to attend free training courses delivered by Garden Organic, and we hope people and groups will join in.
People who want to get involved will be supported to become part of a constituted community group for each site. Being part of a constituted group is a great opportunity to transform local green spaces because it enables local sites to be transferred into community ownership and become accessible for everyone.
Stoke Heath Community Garden
Two unused plots of land on Heath Road have now been leased to new community group Growing Together Stoke Heath with plans to transform them into a community garden for local people to come together to grow and create a space for community and nature.
To get involved or find out more please get in touch with Growing Together Stoke Heath by sending them an email here or visiting their Facebook page for more information.
Proposed sites
In addition to the community garden on Heath Road, we are developing a community growing site on Virginia Road in Hillfields and also exploring additional sites.
For this pilot project the sites are located within areas of green deprivation where the need is greater, but in the long-term the Council would like to support the creation of community gardens in every ward of the city so that everyone has access to high quality green spaces and can grow local fruit and veg.
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If you would like to get involved or find out more, please get in touch via our email address.
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