{"id":3843,"date":"2015-02-06T15:40:03","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T15:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=3843"},"modified":"2015-02-06T15:40:03","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T15:40:03","slug":"adamsdown-to-revive-community-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/02\/06\/adamsdown-to-revive-community-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Adamsdown to revive community garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PM_Edbile_web.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-3847 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PM_Edbile_web-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"PM_Edible4_print\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-3847 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PM_Edbile_web-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"PM_Edible4_print\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nWork has begun to revive the Adamsdown community gardens after\u00a0it became overgrown and difficult to access.<br \/>\nThe \u201cEdible Adamsdown\u201d project, set up by Green City, will be running a series of workshops, starting on February 8, to help the community learn about gardening and healthy eating.<br \/>\nThe garden was not used regularly, so a group of volunteers spent a day cleaning it to make sure it could be available to the community. And soon it will be open again to the public.<br \/>\nRebecca Clark, director and event manager of Green City, said: \u201cWe are running a few sessions that will help build a community group together and a group that will take on the garden with a bit more responsibility.<br \/>\n\u201cAll of the workshops will focus on bringing the garden back to life,\u201d she said. Edible Adamsdown aims to get people interested in growing their own produce.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PM_Edible2_web.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-3846 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PM_Edible2_web-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"PM_Edible2_print\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-3846 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PM_Edible2_web-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"PM_Edible2_print\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><br \/>\nThey hope some of the locals will then become interested in getting their own allotment.<br \/>\nMiss Clark said: \u201cThis year they will be growing things the community want them to grow.<br \/>\n&#8220;It will go directly to their plates and any excess will go to other community projects.<br \/>\n\u201cThe idea is that the garden will act as a hub and it will be used as a base for other growing projects.<br \/>\nCommunities First have now secured extra allotment space for anyone who wants to have their own growing space for them or their family,\u201d she said.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PM_Edbile3_web.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-3845 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PM_Edbile3_web-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"PM_Edible3_print\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-3845 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PM_Edbile3_web-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"PM_Edible3_print\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><br \/>\nAround five years ago the garden was used by another group of locals, but interest cooled and eventually the garden began to grow wild. But when it was tidied the volunteers found a number of hidden treasures.<br \/>\n\u201cWhen we tidied the garden we found grapes, fruit trees, figs, berries and a pond. It\u2019s a really nice garden and we want to make use of it,\u201d said Miss Clark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Work has begun to revive the Adamsdown community gardens after\u00a0it became overgrown and difficult to access. The \u201cEdible Adamsdown\u201d project, set up by Green City, will be running a series of workshops, starting on February 8, to help the community learn about gardening and healthy eating. The garden was not used regularly, so a group of volunteers spent a day cleaning it to make sure it could be available to the community. 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