Making Growing Veggies Mainstream: The Raised Vegetable Garden And More
to be the fact that garden centres all over Britain have put up raised vegetable gardens is a sign of the of massive uptake of home vegetable growing.
in 2009, the home-grown veggies industry enjoy it about three times more sales of seeds relative to any other year. garden centres claimed that the increase has been triggered by the credit crisis, with lots of people trying to save money. Yet, this trend has seen a marked increase of the last few years as people are starting to become reality keen to live more green lifesyles.
The raised vegetavle garden has become a central attraction in many DIY stores in order to answer all the questions which gardeners are asking. It also provides a good picture of what to expect from a packet.
As raised beds require virtually no weeding and sparse watering, it’s good news for busy store staff. Not on to mention it can be located anywhere irrespective of the type of ground.
Vegetable plants and seeds are constantly out of stock across the whole range. People are not just growing the usual, but trying everything from tomatoes, to melons and peppers.
Waiting lists for allotments is so long that people are having to use any space they can get their hands on – even if it belongs to someone else!
As if this weren’t enough, another type of gardening has been getting a ton of news coverage recently. In Glasgow so called “Guerrilla Gardeners” are planting in small patches of ground around the city. Just a few yards from the M8 motorway a secret garden has onions, garlic, potatoes, and rosemary growing. This is not a one-off blow: everywhere around the city tiny vegetable gardens have being planted without mysteriously.
Perhaps this is just another sign that space is far too limited for gardeners? It could be an ingenious stunt to encourage others to plant vegetables at home?
A website has been setup to arrange meet-ups. On their about page they say, “Many have been inspired by Richard Reynolds ‘On Guerrilla Gardening’… It has now arrived in Glasgow”.
Guerrillagardening.org seems to be the initiator (if one exists) of this fascinating movement. there are some brilliant pictures on their website, before example these sunflowers that were planted in the middle of a dilapidated estate in the southeast of London. Well worth a look.
Tim Brennan is an enthusiast of the raised vegetable garden and eco-living in general. He enjoys cycling adventures and fixing broken things for friends & family.
