Prototype
Recycled plastic is still plastic
In the WhatsApp group, concern over using recycled plastic benches for prototype garden, not fitting into ethics.
Blog
Prototype
Prototype costings
Design £5,000 Paths £3,000 Fencing £1,500 Structures £1,000 Assembly tent £2,500 Benches x16 @£125 = £2,000 Plants £2,000 Soft landscaping £3,000 Total: £20,000
Design
Ideas for covering
Canvas, telegraph poles, chestnut posts Cheap, movable, replicable. Prob £600 all in.
CommunityAssembly
Ideas for Assemblies
peat free compost native plants rewilding local materials rising temperatures & ecology climate justice & horticulture
HamptonCourt
RHS Hampton Court deadlines
Wave 1 deadline mid-September 2024 Wave 2 deadline late-November 2024 Lead time to organise assemblies November 2024 to July 2025, ie 8 months
CommunityAssembly
Trust the People info
Community Assembly manual Community At Work organisation, authors of Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision-making Slide deck for workshop
Prototype
Yr Ardd visit
Visited Andrea at Yr Ardd, as possible garden Liz from Yr Ardd (administrator) was there, plus Martin(?
Design
Big fat dandelion
Plant a big fat Dandelion front and centre. Edible, native wild flower, great for pollinators.
Inspiration
Benjamin Vogt quote
“Can gardens literally save the world? No… Gardens can save the world by saving us.
Admin
Mailing list
Mailing list alternatives to Substack (Nazi) and MailChimp (Nasty): listmonk, free, self-hosted PikaPods hosting $2 per month Railway hosting $5 per month Buttondown 1,000+@$9pcm, 5,000+@$29pcm, 10,000+@$79pcm Beehiiv 2,500+@$42pcm, 10,000+@$84pcm
Design
Flowers for gardener
Flowers for Denise XR Gardener Ramsons Rough Hawkbit Maiden Pink Welsh Poppy Foxglove Red Valerian Welsh names for plants Botanic Garden Wales list Wicipedia Cymraeg Y Bywiadur Plant-Lore, Welsh plant names Welsh Academy Dictionary Trust The People’s Community Assembly Manual Hinge brackets to lock benches to ground level brackets.