Will FielderToday we launched the ‘Get Great Britain Growing Campaign’. Marking the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the initiative will see £2 million of investment in green spaces, horticultural courses and urban bee keeping. Populus polling, commissioned by The City of London Corporation, shows that one in six adults have started growing their own food since the recession began.
The Growing Localities grants programme promotes the use of green spaces and encourages people to grow their own food through community involvement and volunteering to help reduce social isolation, teach the value of biodiversity and inspire young unemployed to look for work training or apprenticeships in horticulture.
As part of the launch, our team created a pop-up garden in London’s Guildhall Yard which involved many city farms, and on-hand expertise from Joanna Lumley and Raymond Blanc who had just been awarded the Freedom of the City of London.
Do you currently grow your own food? And if not would you like to? To find out more about the City of London’s ‘Growing Localities’ initiative or to apply for a grant, click here.