Shipping Container: A converted shipping container makes great use of reclaimed material providing shelter for a community against unclement weather. See how the small chestnut Aesculus parviflora provides height to the space.
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Shipping Container: See how the roof garden effectively mirrors the planting at ground level; this provides great wildlife habitats and gives a sense of cohesion.
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Woodland Garden: Colour can be prominent even in shady woodland; moisture-loving perennials such as Astilbe and Rodgersia are suitable by shady watersides too, growing beneath trees as shown here.
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Woodland Garden: Try using a variety of plants that show off the gamut of greens in nature. Here lime-green ferns contrast with bluer leaves of Hosta and mottled Epimedium.
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Derelict Space: These areas are eyesores and crime catalysts. But it's no-go zones such as this that communities can transform into safe havens.
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Gated Alleyway: Turn a nearby alleyway into a catwalk of colour with containers filled with annuals, crops and foliage plants. Pink-flowered Campanula look proud here decorating an otherwise bare brick wall.
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Environment Garden: Water, flowers for pollinators and nest boxes provide a haven and a wealth of habitats to promote a healthy ecosystem even in the densest of urban areas.
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Community Allotment: Install a community glasshouse to extend the season of a range of fruit and vegetables and start the cropping year early.
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Community Allotment: Plant salad leaves of different colours to create a productive and colourful patch such as pak choi growing with lettuce as shown here.
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Community Garden: You can source a wide range of colourful and tall perennials attracting beneficial insects from local garden centres and nurseries.
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Community Garden: Interesting and unusual hard landscaping takes the form of a creative and detailed mosiac which tells a story about the local community.
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Community Orchard: A imaginative cut-away in the shape of a man in the wall welcomes you to a productive community orchard.
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