{"id":37514,"date":"2019-01-16T03:54:46","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T03:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=37514"},"modified":"2019-01-16T03:54:46","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T03:54:46","slug":"gaining-ground-shared-vision-community-green-hub-splott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/global-city\/gaining-ground-shared-vision-community-green-hub-splott","title":{"rendered":"Gaining Ground: A Shared Vision for a Community Green Hub in Splott"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An empty lot of land has become a seed of opportunity for the women behind Green City Events. Now they are ready to grow a stronger community from a sustainable place.<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37523\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37523\" style=\"width: 680px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37523\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Garcia-Small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Garcia-Small.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Garcia-Small-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Garcia-Small-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Garcia-Small-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Garcia-Small-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37523\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37523\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Garcia-Small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Garcia-Small.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Garcia-Small-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Garcia-Small-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Garcia-Small-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Garcia-Small-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/noscript> Hannah Garcia in the home of colleague and best friend, Rebecca Clark.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Becca Clark dropped the keys onto the coffee table in front of her close friend and colleague Hannah Garcia, who sat cozily on the sofa. They had picked them up earlier that day, a small but symbolic moment in the long battle the two had been waging for years against city council. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The keys unlock the fence bordering a large graveled piece of land on Railway Street in Splott, a space that holds their vision of building a community hub and green space. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe\u2019ve had this idea in our heads for such a long time,\u201d says Garcia, 33. \u201cBut there is still a lot of work to do before we can start growing sunflowers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The pair of Splott residents form the \u201ctwo woman band\u201d behind Green City Events, a not-for-profit Community Interest Company that Clark founded in 2012 to encourage sustainable living through local workshops and events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After being told in October that the 1400m\u00b2 lot was being earmarked for development, they decided to launch a public campaign. \u00a0\u201cWe thought it would be too frustrating to walk past it every day and think \u2018it could have been ours,\u2019\u201d she says.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Their petition gained more than 3,000 signatures, and and scores of people turned out to their community consultation meetings. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hello folks &#8211; we have a promising update for you! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cardiffcouncil?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@cardiffcouncil<\/a> have agreed to assess the land in order to weigh up it&#8217;s potential for profit versus the potential benefits our community project would have. They have promised us a decision BY CHRISTMAS! &#8230;..???? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HxYnkQMwed\">pic.twitter.com\/HxYnkQMwed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Green City (@GreenCityEvents) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreenCityEvents\/status\/1060913729196486661?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In early December, Clark received a message from city council. &#8220;We were working one night and we had a message saying, &#8216;Actually, we&#8217;re going to lease it to you,'&#8221; says Garcia. &#8220;We couldn&#8217;t believe it!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By listening to their community, Garcia and Clark were able to form the core of ideas around how the space should be spent. Among the concerns aired by citizens of Splott and Adamsdown was a lack of night time economy, a lack of community investment and a lack of green space.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37541\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37541\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37541\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Green-Street-Small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Green-Street-Small.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Green-Street-Small-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Green-Street-Small-500x404.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37541\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Green-Street-Small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Green-Street-Small.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Green-Street-Small-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Green-Street-Small-500x404.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/noscript> The first visit to the Railway Street site. From left to right: Dan Barnett, Jodie Davies, Becca Clark, Bryce Davies and Hannah Garcia. Taken by Lucie Taylor, from the Community Land Advisory Service, who was quintessential in helping Green City secure the space.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the 2014 Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation, Splott and Adamsdown are among the most deprived areas of Wales, and both wards have an open space deficit compared to the standard recreational open space requirement for Cardiff. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere\u2019s not as much investment as more affluent areas,\u201d says Garcia. \u201cThe knock-on effect of that is a disengagement from community life, and a lack of pride in community spaces.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIf there\u2019s one thing that would make a real difference around here, it\u2019s a sense of ownership and a sense of care. When you have that, you start asking questions like: how can we protect these spaces, and how can we protect the wider environment?\u201d says Garcia.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37575\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37575\" style=\"width: 680px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37575\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/bee-keeping-small2-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/bee-keeping-small2-.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/bee-keeping-small2--300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/bee-keeping-small2--500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37575\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/bee-keeping-small2-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/bee-keeping-small2-.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/bee-keeping-small2--300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/bee-keeping-small2--500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/noscript> Hannah Garcia working with bees at a Green Squirrel workshop in 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Green City hopes that by curating the land properly, they can foster that sense of pride by bringing people closer together through a shared community asset. Although their lease is still being worked out, potential uses for the space include bike repair facilities, a tool library, a seed bank, an event venue and shipping containers for local businesses. \u201cI think this would be real boost for the local economy,\u201d she Garcia. \u201cA place where people can kick start their businesses and keep them in the area.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37568\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37568\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37568\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/railway-street-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/railway-street-small.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/railway-street-small-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/railway-street-small-500x707.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37568\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37568\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/railway-street-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/railway-street-small.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/railway-street-small-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/railway-street-small-500x707.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/noscript> As part of their public campaign, Green City shared this blueprint through social media.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Among her favourite ideas for the land are beehives and a chicken coop, two pet projects that recall her introduction to environmental education. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI was one of those kids that was falling in a river, or nursing a wounded bird back to health,\u201d says Garcia. \u201cI had a house full of things I had collected from the outdoors, but it never occurred to me that I could make a career out of it.\u201d After volunteering at various conservation reserves and working on a city farm in London, she was hooked. \u201cI was taking city kids out to nature reserves and spotting dragon flies,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd I thought, this is great. This is what I want to do, this is the thing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37544\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37544\" style=\"width: 680px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37544\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Garcia-Chicken-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Garcia-Chicken-small.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Garcia-Chicken-small-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Garcia-Chicken-small-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Garcia-Chicken-small-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Garcia-Chicken-small-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37544\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Garcia-Chicken-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Garcia-Chicken-small.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Garcia-Chicken-small-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Garcia-Chicken-small-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Garcia-Chicken-small-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/Garcia-Chicken-small-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/noscript> &#8220;I love chickens and bees,&#8221; says Garcia, who hosted chicken keeping and bee-keeping workshops last year.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Her background in environmental education has led to a stronger understanding of how important green spaces are for people who live in the city, and hopes to bring those benefits to Splott. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cBeing around a natural environment has enormous benefits for well-being,\u201d she explains. \u201cThere\u2019s the reduction of social isolation and sedentary lifestyles. It can break down barriers within communities; language barriers, or people\u2019s ideas of one another and not not knowing your neighbours. There can be a cultural exchange.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hannah Garcia and Rebecca Clark have seen their own community grow in the workshops they host through their Green Squirrel project. \u201cThat\u2019s particularly true about the wasteless workshops we run,\u201d she says. \u201cSome people come along and say they\u2019ve been cutting plastic out of their life, or upcycling, and others come along and say they have no clue where to start. The whole thing turns into a bit of a skillshare.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Other Green Squirrel workshops, which are now funded by a grant from Big Lottery, include urban growing, carpentry, natural soap making and a popular spin your own yarn class taught by a Welsh shepherdess. The biggest challenge now, says Garcia, is finding funding for other areas of their work as well as staff time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37548\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37548\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37548\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/green-city-weaving-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/green-city-weaving-small.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/green-city-weaving-small-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/green-city-weaving-small-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/green-city-weaving-small-293x293.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/green-city-weaving-small-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/green-city-weaving-small-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37548\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/green-city-weaving-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/green-city-weaving-small.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/green-city-weaving-small-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/green-city-weaving-small-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/green-city-weaving-small-293x293.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/green-city-weaving-small-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/01\/green-city-weaving-small-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/noscript> Over 450 people attended the Green Squirrel events in 2018. Pictured above, the workshop on building willow structures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe strongly feel that sustainable living shouldn\u2019t be expensive or exclusive,\u201d says Garcia, whose workshops cost <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a3<\/span>11. \u201cPeople have limited time and limited funds, and we want to make sustainability accessible and exciting for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For now, the focus for Green City is on the logistics of their new land. \u201cThis morning we talked about flood lights, sewage, security and pest control,\u201d she says. Tedious work is ahead but Garcia maintains a strong vision of what the future could look like for her community. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOnce it\u2019s up and running, we\u2019d love to see an intergenerational gardening group, for example,\u201d she says. \u201cYoungner people working with older people. Linking up schools with nursing homes or dementia cafes. And linking up people from the refugee centre with long-term residents around here. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There\u2019s a lot of potential. If there isn\u2019t a space\u2014 a real shared space\u2014 it\u2019s hard to get those things going. 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