Clapton Park Estate, Hackney E5

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7/8/2014 1 Grounds maintenance. It even sounds boring……… #claptonpark Clapton Park Estate, Hackney E5 Ideas from my favourite place John Little #claptonpark

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Grounds maintenance.It even sounds boring………

#claptonpark

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

#claptonpark

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