A groundbreaking initiative, ‘Right to Grow’, is launching in Bury, encouraging communities to transform public spaces into vibrant places by growing fresh food.
The exciting new community growing initiative aims to bring residents together, nurture local environments, and boost health and wellbeing across the borough.
Incredible Edible Prestwich and District, Lancashire Wildlife Trust, Bury Council’s Planning, Parks & Countryside, Grounds Maintenance, Public Health and the Bury Voluntary, Community and Faith Alliancehave all come together to look at planning, licensing, and to create a ‘food map’ of the Bury area which shows established community growing sites and potential future growing spaces.
The ‘Right to Grow’ scheme seeks to enable individuals and community groups to identify and cultivate unused public land for food growing. By making it easier to access land, the initiative seeks to foster a closer connection between people and the food they eat, while also enhancing biodiversity and greening urban areas.
The ‘food map’ is now available to view, with various sites throughout Bury having already been identified as potential growing locations. Residents are also encouraged to get involved, via the website, to start growing food and increase Bury’s ‘Right to Grow’ footprint.
