Local housing association believe housing has awarded £19,300 to Bishop Auckland Community Partnership’s Cultivate 4 Life initiative.
Based on the allotments at Woodhouse Close Estate, the community garden is as much a social project as a horticultural one.
The believe housing capital community grant is paying for new sheds, a greenhouse and polytunnel, along with a coordinator post to manage the initiative, which aims to expand its work and engage more volunteers.
This will include developing its community garden service which offers a range of services, such as lawnmowing, in return for a financial donation to the garden.
It will be able to grow more plants, flowers and vegetables to donate for use in local public spaces and by community groups, including a local foodbank and lunch club.
Anyone interested in getting involved in Cultivate 4 Life, or using its gardening services, can visit The Four Clocks Centre, on Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland, or call 01388 609852 and leave a message for Alan Irving.
Bishop Auckland's local community newspaper.
