To mark national allotments week, Lynne Featherstone MP yesterday visited an innovative scheme in Bounds Green, where residents from sheltered accommodation have invited local primary school children to learn about gardening and experience the joy of growing.

The scheme’s allotment has flourished since the project started in 2007 with the help of the intergenerational team of gardeners from Passmore Edwards House and Bounds Green Primary. Today, they grow food ranging from new potatoes to beetroot, carrots and peas.

The Liberal Democrat MP has now written to Haringey Council to encourage it to promote similar schemes in other parts of the borough.

Lynne Featherstone MP comments:

“It’s so heart-warming to see the combined fruits of older and younger people’s labour. It’s clear that the school children have benefited enormously from a wealth of knowledge about growing plants. And it’s just as good to hear of the joy the children bring to Passmore Edwards’ residents.

“This is truly inspirational, and hats off to Marion Carden, Passmore Edwards’ scheme manager, for driving this fantastic project forward. I hope Haringey Council will share my enthusiasm for such a brilliant initiative and help promote the idea in other local schools and sheltered accommodation.”

For more information about National Allotments week:
http://www.nagtrust.org/page5.html