Boyle Close
Boyle Close
Our newest plot on the Paths Estate
About this garden
Boyle Close will be our first joint venture with a resident. It's currently an overgrown patch with flytipping thrown in. Watch this space.
With funding from Near Neighbours and Nature Hubs, we want to turn this plot around this year!
Schedule:
March - get permissions from LBC Housing and Parks [Done!]
12 April - dig flower border at edge, advertise coffee morning
25 or 26 April coffee morning with neighbours
29 April - set up raised beds
Start planting
What we're hoping for
Woodchip path
Relaxed companion planting
Mixed planting
Kitchen herbs
What you can do here
Join our gardening sessions
Water in your own time
Enjoy watching the transformation
What will be growing this season
Fruit
TBC
Veg
Potatoes
Beans
Tomatoes
Chilis
Herbs and flowers
Gauras
Calendula
What's great here
Sunny spot nicely framed by the wall
What's challenging here
notorious for fly tipping on one corner
currently no water nearby
access is over a dwarf brick retaining wall
Longer-term plans
Water butts
We have permission to fit a waterbutt, but it needs to be safe and secure. Timeline TBC.