Growing Hollingdean

Volunteers build a place for clam and nature

Here in the first picture you can see the start of a sensory beds there’s couple of resident on the road with autistic and ADHD so we wanted to create a place where they can be calm with the different touch’s and smells. Like a selection on mint that include strawberry mint, chocolate mint, ginger mint, lemon mint and you classic mint. There’s cotton sage your classic sage with some grass for sight and touch.

The 3 beds are made form recycled plastic planks that are sage to use for food growing these where picked as they won’t much more expensive than wood choice it will last a longer time than wood and dose not need continuously be painted also this site gets strimmed and that would damage the wood where as the plastic states it’s strimmer proof.

The first raised bed is planted with autumn raspberry, chives and has nasturtium seeds planted these plants are companion planting.

The second bed is plated with perennial fruits like strawberries, currents, thyme, rhubarb and sorel.

The third bed is currently planted with annual vegs like tomato, lettuce and chard as the Perennial cabbage plants haven’t arrived yet.

The final product of Lynchet Close community garden

This community garden has been designed for perennial plants and drought tolerant plants to keep it low maintenance.