Download - Clapton Park Estate, Hackney E5
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Grounds maintenance.It even sounds boring………
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Clapton Park Estate, Hackney E5
Ideas from my favourite place
John Little #claptonpark
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Grounds maintenance.A Playground of 120 green spaces
People first ‐ always
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First job Get the colour back
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Reduce herbicides
Sharing the love
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Stop cutting and chat
Where did the grass go?
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#nomow
Hand weeding – a dying art
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Who chooses the new trees?
Almonds or Apples?
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Allotment shed, bee habitat, green roof. Get buildings to do more
Somewhere for bins and wildlife. How to get residents to want bin shelters?
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Bikes and bees
Curry and coriander
Our first allotment sprawl
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Plots 20‐26 Tidy and organised?
45 food growers and 25 on the waiting list
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Food growing ‐ 3m from plot to plate
Fruit. Make it your default planting ?
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From dog dirt desert to fruit cake
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Herbs – open to all
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Be nice with your signs – try not to shout
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Listening!
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Wild stuff –Biodiversity by the back door
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Bees and signs
Need more L in Clapton Park
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Chasing Funding Part of the contract?
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Residents just need to be let loose
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Shift some capital funding into maintenance. Invest in people not infrastructure
Chelsea flower show 2007 ‐ getting the message out
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Sharing ideas
What do you want from your grounds maintenance contractorsTMO conference survey June 2014
1. Make time to chat to residents while working on the estate
2. Help find funding for green space projects
3 Add food to the public space – herb beds fruit tree bushes3. Add food to the public space herb beds fruit tree bushes
4. Promote the estate and create good publicity
5. Help create food growing space
6. Reduce the use of weed killers
7. Help with community projects
8. Improve biodiversity
9. Keep the grass tidy
10. Keep the hedges tidy
11. Quality control should be based on residents comments not height of grass/percentage of weed cover etc.
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Working towards a grounds maintenance template to force change.
We would love to know your thoughts.
Come and see us for copies of our ideas so far
Here’s oneQuality control?Height of grass or residents comments