Vegmead Edible Garden is located in Hedgemead Park, Bath and is a community garden.
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Dear council members, I do hope you will reconsider your decision to relocate the vegmead community project. I regularly visit it with my young grandchildren as I do not have a vegetable garden myself and the children love to see food growing and they are allowed to taste some things which is even more fun. There is something for everyone in Hedgemead park, lovely flowers below the band stand and along the paths, a playground, picnic area , dog walking space, and a place to help people understand where our food comes from, how it grows and cultivate it. Morrison’s would be too far away for us to visit and it would no longer be a local community project for many people. Please could you spend the money on sorting out the shelter area near Guinea lane and remove the hideous fencing, instead of removing something that brings great benefit and pleasure to the residents of this area.
Many thanks for your consideration
Debbie Brewster, London Road, Bath
I have lived in Bath for twenty years. During my time here I have been introduced to the ideas around sustainable living, received training and I have given my time as a volunteer to several orchards and growing projects in around Bath. The first Farmer’s Market was pioneered here, out of the offices of The Bath Environment Centre, originally in Milsom Street, and later in South Vaults at Green Park Station renamed ‘Envolve’. Bath’s reputation is enhanced for having this ‘Green’ image.
Bath needs to attract a diverse range of people in order to address the challenges of the future, in particular sustainable food sources. If volunteers are willing to maintain a site visible to all who enter Bath then they are serving a public good. By doing so they declare that growing vegetables in an open park-like environment is a main-stream activity that involves a local community, and enhances the area with the intrinsic beauty of the plants. In addition these are available for harvesting. This is surely in the public interest, as it acts as a networking site for other growing ventures in more outlying locations. I submit that Vegmead can only be Vegmead in Hedgmead!
Verona Bass, Bath
Recent Posts
Tool Appeal 2017
To kick off the new year, January was devoted to realigning the beds at Vegmead Edible Garden with our new design plan. Not much has changed — it’s still a circle! — but we’ve brought back a little symmetry and valiantly fought back against the impact of 6 years of gravity on the beds. Sadly, … Continue reading Tool Appeal 2017
The Vegmead remodel is coming
It’s the end of an incredible year for Vegmead and while we’re taking time to reflect on the events of the last 12 months, we’re also looking ahead to 2017. The summer of 2016 saw the garden threatened with removal and the formation of Vegmead Community Group to campaign for it to remain in Hedgemead … Continue reading The Vegmead remodel is coming
Autumn with Rodney
The grass at Hedgemead Park is now covered with a carpet of fallen leaves and most of our produce from this growing (and turbulent) year has been harvested. We still have spicy leaves and winder hardy spring onions available though. Over a month on from hearing that the Council had changed its mind about the … Continue reading Autumn with Rodney
Marrows at a Council meeting
We’re looking forward to the vegetable giveaway we’ll be doing tomorrow- fancy a free marrow? The Council are meeting tomorrow, Thursday 15th September at 6.30pm and Vegmead Community Group will be outside the Guildhall from 5.30pm giving away free vegetables to highlight our Save Vegmead campaign and to promote community food growing in Bath. We’ll … Continue reading Marrows at a Council meeting
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