News Residents can claim unused council land to grow food under new pilot Groups of five or more people can apply for verges, vacant plots and land around council buildings, with the first ten schemes to be approved this year Author: Hackney Citizen
News Waiting list for allotments in Hackney to reopen for first time in half a decade A hundred members of the Hackney Allotment Society will be added next February Author: Carla Feric
News Allotment tenants evicted from Olympic Park reap harvest in new plots The Manor Gardens allotments were gifted to East Londoners ‘in perpetuity’ over a century ago but were swept away to clear space for London 2012 Author: Hackney Citizen
Books Hackney author looks at the gardens of the British working class Are we a nation of gardeners? asks Margaret Willes in her new book Author: Hackney Citizen
News Hackney charity’s growing places at Hoxton station Pop-up allotment at Hoxton Overground Station encourages young people to grow Author: Hackney Citizen
