Looking online at https://www.rhs.org.uk/communities/campaigns/green-streets-better-lives
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| Greening is plants everywhere |
It seems GREYSCAPE is the usual non-planted bits of the street, whether that's the pavement, or the path, or a driveway or a yard. GREENING is when we and you place greenery and plants and flowers in that grey landscape.
The obvious first step is to find out whose space it is, and then find out whether they'd mind if a few plants were put there. If it's a path or driveway you also need to make sure there's enough room for cars and people to pass, and that nothing's going to fall over or injure anyone, or damage their car.
There's also the basic problems of
Who will buy the flowers and plants,
Who will get the planters and soil, and
Who's tools can we use, and so on.
I think the biggest stumbling block to a successful gardening project really is
Who will look after the plants,
Who will keep the weeds down,
Who will trim the plants,
Who will harvest the seeds at the end of the summer, and BIGGEST problem,
Who will water the little darlings twice a week ?
We also have the problem of what we, as people who don't all know each other very well, but who all love on the same small road, can do to co-operate to design ideas for a changed and greener street landscape, and then find the resources to start it.
This is all terrifically exciting. More in the next post.
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