{"id":3701,"date":"2011-06-06T23:08:47","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T22:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=3701"},"modified":"2011-06-06T23:08:47","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T22:08:47","slug":"the-story-of-a-community-garden-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=3701","title":{"rendered":"The story of a community garden &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Thanks to storyteller Rosemary.)<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag11\/11060620.jpg\" alt=\"Community Gardens\" \/><br \/>\nOnce upon a time\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>There was a strip of rough ground and concrete between Carswell Community School and Bostock Road.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag11\/11060621.jpg\" alt=\"Community Gardens\" \/><br \/>\nThen <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190112060645\/http:\/\/www.trinityabingdon.org.uk:80\/learning\/\">TrinityLearning<\/a> worked with the school on plans to re-model the area into a sensory garden, which could be used as both an outdoor classroom and a space where the children could sit quietly and reflect. It would have winding paths, a rainbow tree seat and a light\/dark tunnel to the story corner.<\/p>\n<p>But to spread the load this had to be a Community Project. Da da da&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag11\/11060622.jpg\" alt=\"Community Gardens\" \/><br \/>\nA team from 3 Logistic Support Regiment at Dalton Barracks helped with clearing the area. \u2026\u2026..<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag11\/11060623.jpg\" alt=\"Community Gardens\" \/><br \/>\nParents, teachers and local residents worked together, laying out the design and digging over the soil&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Local businesses, including Oxford Green Roofs, Agrivert, AWBS, Richard Mathews, Merityres  &amp; Knights all helped \u00a0\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>The next stage (once topsoil &amp; fences have been delivered) is planting.  Carswell are hoping to fill the garden with donated plants, so please put aside any excess seedlings or cuttings you may have (especially shade-loving plants \u2013 non-toxic, of course!) and pass them on to the school. Donations of seeds, unwanted garden items or cash would also be welcome \u2013 please contact Rosemary Perrow on 520282, <a href=\"mailto:TrinityLearning@gmail.com\">TrinityLearning@gmail.com<\/a> if you would like to help.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag11\/11060624.jpg\" alt=\"Community Gardens\" \/><br \/>\n\u2026\u2026 and look out for the Community \u201cPlant-in\u201d!<\/p>\n<p>to be continued &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Thanks to storyteller Rosemary.) Once upon a time\u2026\u2026\u2026. There was a strip of rough ground and concrete between Carswell Community School and Bostock Road. Then TrinityLearning worked with the school on plans to re-model the area into a sensory garden, which could be used as both an outdoor classroom and a space where the children [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,78,144],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-gardens","category-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3701\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}