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Edible Bus Stop's RHS Hampton Court show garden 2012.
Photograph: Will Sandy
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A community group's plans to piggyback the transport network and create a
network of edible gardens
You wait for ages for an edible bus stop to come along and then three turn up at once.
The team behind the wonderful Edible Bus Stop in Stockwell, South London have announced plans for Edible Bus Stops in Clapham Common, Crystal Palace and Brixton.
Actually, "wait for ages" couldn't be further from the truth. Since
first putting down roots on Stockwell's Lambeth hospital bus stop which
serves the number 322 bus, the team have been anything but tardy in
their edible greening of unappetising urban spaces. Earlier this year
they served up a second garden at West Norwood's stop H, also on route
322. With charm and persistence, the Edible Bus Stop team have
not only won over local communities and London Transport, but also that
bastion of the gardening establishment, the Royal Horticultural Society.
Their Riot of Colour garden,
designed by Edible Bus Stop creative director Will Sandy, was a vital
ingredient in the urban greening theme at the Hampton Court Palace
Flower Show. But what motivates Sandy and Edible Bus Stop founder Mak
Gilchrist to plant edibles near bus stops? Why should you care? And
finally, how can you get involved?
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