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This from Horticulture Week:
March 06 2008
Historic allotment site receives funding of £4.5m
The UK’s oldest and largest allotment site is to be renovated with
the help of £4.5m of funding.
The cash, of which £2.5m was awarded by the Heritage Lottery Fund
(HLF) on 3 March, will be used to completely revamp the St Ann’s
Allotments in Nottingham.
The 32ha site — which dates back to 1830 and is home to several grade
II*-listed sheds, as well as Victorian summer houses and greenhouses
— is set to undergo plot clearance, hedgerow work and improvements to
its paths.
In addition, the largest chunk of regeneration funding will be used
to replace the water infrastructure and build a bore hole.
St Ann’s community organisation the Renewal Trust has been involved
in the funding bid and its community business adviser Mike King said
the money would make an enormous difference.
He added: “[The allotments are] a wonderful green space within the
city, a resource for healthy living and a historical site. The HLF
saw the importance of that.”
All the above taken from an email sent to me from the kitchen garden yahoo group - courtesy of Richard Wiltshire. Didn't think it fitted in the allotment news or finder section - please mods move if you think this is better placed somewhere.
Good news though!
March 06 2008
Historic allotment site receives funding of £4.5m
The UK’s oldest and largest allotment site is to be renovated with
the help of £4.5m of funding.
The cash, of which £2.5m was awarded by the Heritage Lottery Fund
(HLF) on 3 March, will be used to completely revamp the St Ann’s
Allotments in Nottingham.
The 32ha site — which dates back to 1830 and is home to several grade
II*-listed sheds, as well as Victorian summer houses and greenhouses
— is set to undergo plot clearance, hedgerow work and improvements to
its paths.
In addition, the largest chunk of regeneration funding will be used
to replace the water infrastructure and build a bore hole.
St Ann’s community organisation the Renewal Trust has been involved
in the funding bid and its community business adviser Mike King said
the money would make an enormous difference.
He added: “[The allotments are] a wonderful green space within the
city, a resource for healthy living and a historical site. The HLF
saw the importance of that.”
All the above taken from an email sent to me from the kitchen garden yahoo group - courtesy of Richard Wiltshire. Didn't think it fitted in the allotment news or finder section - please mods move if you think this is better placed somewhere.
Good news though!
