Urban growing from Alleyways to Allotments

The talks will be every week throughout February and we’ll be keeping it local and hearing from some expert growers from across Manchester. If you’d like to learn about growing vegetables in the middle of the city, how to start your own community garden or hear about some of the city’s biggest urban greening transformations then please come along. All of the talks are free to attend, please share with your friends and colleagues, we’d love to see you there, from the Plant team. 🙂

All of the talks will be held on Wednesday evenings through February and at Altogether Otherwise clubhouse in Noma from 6pm to 8pm.

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Yasmine the Manchester Urban Gardener will be sharing her secrets to an award winning alleyway and how as an amateur gardener, she found great success in growing food on a small allotment. 

In 2018 feeling fed up with the state of the alleyway at the back of her home Yasmine and her neighbours started the transformation of a forgotten alleyway into a beautiful green space. As a result of this joint effort Yasmine has created a garden that the neighbourhood can feel proud of and safe using. It’s a place to socialise, connect, grow food and enjoy being outside. If you feel that you need some inspiration for your own urban plot and want to learn how to create a safe green communal space in your neighbourhood then come and listen to Yasmine’s story.

Yasmine is also a beginner allotmenteer, growing over thirty types of fruit, veg, and herbs in an allotment of about sixty square metres in one of Manchester’s busiest areas. That’s less than half of the median household garden in the UK which shows just how much you can do with a small plot when you know how. She’ll be sharing her tips and tricks on how to make the best of your space as a beginner food grower.

Come join us to learn how to spread greened alleyways across Greater Manchester and get started on your food growing journey.