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| It's taken a while but it's great that mighty Leeds has caught up with little Todmorden in the matter of growing vegetables in public flower beds. | It's taken a while but it's great that mighty Leeds has caught up with little Todmorden in the matter of growing vegetables in public flower beds. |
| The Calderdale town, where the historic Roses border famously runs right through the middle, dividing such institutions as the cricket pitch and town hall, has become famous for 'Incredible Edible' Todmorden. Deservedly so. The leeks outside Todmorden College, fruiting cherry trees in Lidl's car park and herb garden at the train station have previously featured in the Guardian Northerner, and in many other places. | The Calderdale town, where the historic Roses border famously runs right through the middle, dividing such institutions as the cricket pitch and town hall, has become famous for 'Incredible Edible' Todmorden. Deservedly so. The leeks outside Todmorden College, fruiting cherry trees in Lidl's car park and herb garden at the train station have previously featured in the Guardian Northerner, and in many other places. |
| Thanks to vigorous community involvement, harvesting as well as growing works sensibly, which will be a slightly harder ask in Leeds. The city council is starting off with four 'edible beds' outside Leeds Civic Hall next summer. It wouldn't take much of a demand for salad or meat and two veg among the 798,800 citizens (Tod has 14,941) for them to be plucked bare. | Thanks to vigorous community involvement, harvesting as well as growing works sensibly, which will be a slightly harder ask in Leeds. The city council is starting off with four 'edible beds' outside Leeds Civic Hall next summer. It wouldn't take much of a demand for salad or meat and two veg among the 798,800 citizens (Tod has 14,941) for them to be plucked bare. |
| Everything has to start somewhere, however, and Leeds has a long and distinguished horticultural history. In the 1990s, its nurseries supplied summer flowers to Brighton; a welcome reversal of duff old cliché about the grim north and sunny south; and its forestry department regularly wins chainsaw sculpture classes at the Great Yorkshire Show. | Everything has to start somewhere, however, and Leeds has a long and distinguished horticultural history. In the 1990s, its nurseries supplied summer flowers to Brighton; a welcome reversal of duff old cliché about the grim north and sunny south; and its forestry department regularly wins chainsaw sculpture classes at the Great Yorkshire Show. |
| Leeds city council says: | Leeds city council says: |
| Individuals, schools and organisations are invited to submit designs that, if chosen as one of the top four, will be planted outside the Civic Hall. As well as having your design brought to life in this prestigious location, winners will receive gardening essentials such as tools, seeds and plants worth up to £250 as a prize. | Individuals, schools and organisations are invited to submit designs that, if chosen as one of the top four, will be planted outside the Civic Hall. As well as having your design brought to life in this prestigious location, winners will receive gardening essentials such as tools, seeds and plants worth up to £250 as a prize. |
| Our Parks and Countryside service is looking for inspiring, edible designs to plant in the flower beds next year. It's part of our campaign to encourage more people to grow and eat local food for the many benefits this can bring. | Our Parks and Countryside service is looking for inspiring, edible designs to plant in the flower beds next year. It's part of our campaign to encourage more people to grow and eat local food for the many benefits this can bring. |
| Success will see the idea broadened out, with vast amounts of room available for edible gardening in a city which has more parkland per head of population than any other in the UK. It may also prompt the return of another 1990s brainwave: the council once bedecked the tops of bus shelters with growbags, spilling out petunias, geraniums and other flowers over queuers heads. | Success will see the idea broadened out, with vast amounts of room available for edible gardening in a city which has more parkland per head of population than any other in the UK. It may also prompt the return of another 1990s brainwave: the council once bedecked the tops of bus shelters with growbags, spilling out petunias, geraniums and other flowers over queuers heads. |
| A sad design change to curved roofs put paid to this, but it would be an easy thing to restore. Except with gourds, strawberries and runner beans dangling down, as you wait for the 33A or the 28. | A sad design change to curved roofs put paid to this, but it would be an easy thing to restore. Except with gourds, strawberries and runner beans dangling down, as you wait for the 33A or the 28. |
| Here's a film of Incredible Edible Todmorden. Moving film was invented in Leeds, so we should have one of the Civic Hall beds pretty promptly, once they flower and fruit. | Here's a film of Incredible Edible Todmorden. Moving film was invented in Leeds, so we should have one of the Civic Hall beds pretty promptly, once they flower and fruit. |
| To enter your designs contact Lynne Rogers on parks@leeds.gov.uk or 0113 3957400. | To enter your designs contact Lynne Rogers on parks@leeds.gov.uk or 0113 3957400. |
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