Community gardening in the UK is a recent thing and they are generally found on areas of derelict land or waste land that is not being used for anything and run as a non-profit organisation. They have been developed due to a lack of access to green space, a wish to create a strong community and an awareness of gardening.
"Gardening is a joy that recognises no restrictions of race or class or wealth or education: it unites and enriches us all. What community gardeners have in common is their determination and their biggest resource is ingenuity." Gardening Which? magazine
Culpeper Community Garden in Islington, London was developed from a derelict site in 1982 and has since become an important community garden in the area and is run as a non-profit organisation.
Hulme Community Garden Centre in Manchester is a garden centre and community garden. Upcoming for 2009 are sustainable courses which is part of their LILI (Low Impact Living Initiative). Their mission is to "help people reduce their impact on the environment, improve their impact on the environment, improve their quality of life, gain new skills, live in a healthier and more satisfying way, have fun and save money".
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