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The Railway Garden City Allotment Project

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Commenced:	01/02/2013
Submitted:	19/08/2014
Last updated:	07/10/2015
Location:	The Railway Hotel, Southend on Sea, Essex, GB
Website:	http://spiralseed.co.uk/articles/permaculturepub/
Climate zone:	Cool Temperate

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The Railway Garden City Allotment Project

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Urban, Community, Demonstration, Educational

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Railway Garden

In partnership with The Railway Hotel, we have created a raised bed garden using recycled wooden pallets in which local people with learning disabiities can grow fresh vegetables and herbs and learn horticultural and cooking skills.

The idea came from discussions at the beginning of 2013 with the pub manager Dave Dulake, who was keen to see the previously derelict pub garden used by the local community.

All the construction materials used were donated free of charge by local businesses, and all of the work was carried out either by our service users, or by regular customers from the pub who were pleased to volunteer their time and skills. A fund raising benefit gig paid for the soil for the beds, and has also helped to raise the profile of the project within the local community.

We are now growing fresh organic vegetables and herbs that are used by the cooking and life skills groups to prepare tasty and nutritious meals. This has many benefits, including learning horticultural and cooking skills, positive involvement and participation in the wider community, and promoting healthy living activities and food connections. Any surplus produce will be donated to a local homeless charity.

In July 2013 we were pleased to be included as a part of Southend Borough Council’s entry for the annual East Anglia in Bloom awards!

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