Bury’s Right to Grow Initiative sows more seeds with new group

Bury Council today celebrated the launch of the borough’s second community food-growing project under the new ‘Right to Grow’ initiative, with a growing group of neighbours from Abingdon Close, Whitefield.

This follows from the success of first group the ‘Lancaster Roots’ in Ramsbottom.

The ‘Right to Grow in Bury’ campaign, is designed to encourage groups of residents to cultivate unused public land for community food growing. The initiative supports the creation of more connected communities while boosting local health and wellbeing.

The neighbours at Abingdon Close, currently made up of 10 residents, were keen to use their available green space to grow food for their community.

A resident from Abingdon Close, said: “We were so excited about building a place in the community that is accessible to all. It’s a great way to bring everyone together in our neighbourhood and create a real sense of community.”

The group have received guidance from Incredible Edible Prestwich and District, and valuable support from Bury Council’s Lee Buggie, Kathy Taylor, Mark Townsend and others. Commenting on this inspiring community effort, Lee said, “It is wonderful to see how the initiative is developing in different areas of Bury. I have enjoyed working with the neighbours at Abingdon Close and supporting them in this process, we look forward to seeing more groups come together across the borough in the future.”

Get Involved: Start Your Own Right to Grow Project in Bury

If you wish to initiate a new community growing site, please email Andrew at Incredible Edible on iepad.volunteers@gmail.com .