A community garden in Eccles has been offered a new lease of life thanks to a £10,000 investment from a local property service company.
The Ivy Den Café and Garden Shop at Cleavley Community Forest Garden on Port Salford Greenway in Winton was donated £5,000 and 90 hours of staff time from Liberty to provide electricity and water supplies.
Liberty was introduced to the project by local landlord ForHousing, and supported by building foundations for the community garden and polytunnel, and providing a reliable electricity source.
Liberty staff hand dug trenches for electric cables and plumbing. They also fitted sockets and heating supplies, which were completed by United Utilities.
The hub is ran by Incredible Education, specialising in health and wellbeing programmes delivered through horticulture and ‘forest school’ activities, such as making bug hotels using natural materials or creating a new pond. The Cafe and Garden Shop was officially opened last summer by Mayor Paul Dennett and MP Barbara Keeley.
Ian Bocock from Incredible Education explained: “I’d like to say a massive thank you
to Liberty and ForHousing for supporting us. Installing essential utilities on our site means we’ll be able to offer so much more here and I’m looking forward to seeing us grow, thanks to this help.
“Our next challenge is setting up a multipurpose workshop with ‘living roof’ made from plants to teach people woodwork skills.”
Interim Assistant Regional Director of Liberty, Jason Marston, said: “Supporting Cleavley Community Forest Garden has been a real privilege. The facilities installed are excellent and it will add lots of benefits for the local people and school pupils to enjoy while learning more about horticulture.”
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