Ginnel/Back alley garden
In 2023 Debbie and I started thinking about extending into the ginnel at the back of our terrace which was basically a bin storage area, too narrow for traffic. We'd seen some posts about them and it seemed like a great way to get to know our neighbours better if we could get them involved. A trip to Tatton park flower show where Jason Williams (aka "The cloud gardener") had a ginnel display garden convinced us to give it a try. We spoke to our neighbours Alex and Bianca on the other side of the ginnel and they were up for the challenge. We decided to make it primarily an edible space as we were already heavily involved with incredible edible and this gave us access to some funding and insurance. Having said that we've tried to make it as cheaply as possible by making our own planters with donated wood and pallets and growing plants from seed. We started building at the back end of 2023 and by the time winter arrived had the first of our bin covers/ pla...