Lavender Place Community Gardens
Lavender Place Community Gardens are open to visitors at any time.
We are open for gardening sessions as below:
Saturdays 10am to 12noon; other days and times by appointment
Please book by contacting info@lavenderplace.org.uk
Thames Valley Police in partnership with Food4families and working with volunteers from Reading Food Growing Network, pupils from Deenway Montessori School and students from Activate Learning Reading College have been creating a temporary community garden on the site of former Civic Offices until they are re-developed.
Study of the Victorian maps of the area that was demolished to make way for Civic Offices, Courts and Police Station show that there were many courtyards with edible connotations: Wine Court, Lavender Place, Cherry Court, Plum Court, Grape Passage. This may be indication of small holdings. Lavender Place was just where the herb garden will be.
See the concept design plan and document.
Work commenced in June 2018, with an area being mown, raised beds constructed by Activate Learning from Reading College, and a herb garden laid out by Deenway Montessori School, all supervised by Food4families with help from members of Reading Food Growing Network. Fruit trees and bushes have been planted in pots, and vegetables added to the beds.
The vision is for the garden to be accessed by all members of Reading's community as somewhere to come together to grow fruit and veegtables but also just to enjoy as a beautiful green space.
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Lavender Place Community Gardens begins to take shape with raised beds and water containers. An Olive tree stands in the middle.
The Hexagon overlooks the garden area with wood-chips in a circle marking out the beginning of an Amphitheatre. A pergola can be seen to the left with a seating area over to the rear.
A new arrival to Lavender Place Community Gardens with help from the children attending Deenway Montessori School
The extent of the garden under development in August 2018, each of the pots contain shrubs etc.
For further information please go to https://www.facebook.com/LavenderPlaceGardens/ or contact us.
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