With London hosting the next Olympic Games in 2012, the last thing that the authorities want is for London to look a mess, yes the sports arenas will be hi-tech, but the surrounding areas need some work too. San Francisco has an initiative to increase the amount of garden space and London is planning to follow by creating 2012 new garden spaces in time for the Olympics.

The project is looking for open spaces that can be rejuvenated; these can be anywhere industrial, commercial or residential. The project, which will be known, as Capital Growth and they will provide all that is necessary to get this going.

What areas are they looking for?

Housing estates

Hospitals, mental health trusts and care homes

Universities and colleges

Prisons and young offender’s institutions

Schools

Utility land managed by the water board and railway authorities

British Waterways land

Flat roofs

Estates (e.g. National Trust, Church estate, agricultural college land)

Farms and agricultural holdings

Greenhouses or other facilities that have fallen out of use

Parks and community gardens

Local authority green spaces throughout the borough

Farmers wanting to give over some of their land for community benefit

Private owners – large and small – turning over land for food growing and community benefit

Source [Tree Hugger]

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