tells of people’s gardening and park projects in northwest Southwark.

In the book you will discover:

• How a Bangladeshi garden group has helped create friendships, a sense of community and some tasty meals

• Why sheep and goats were grazing
in the middle of an inner-London
local park

• That Bankside used to be two riverside gardens, with orchards and vineyards

• How one man’s enthusiasm turned
his concrete yard into an award-winning garden

• Which street might be closed off
and turned into a park area

• What programme enabled homeless and non-homeless people to garden together in parks

• Where teenagers and children were given the power to decide how their park
would look

• And much more

In reading the 35 stories of local gardening projects and their impacts on people’s lives and the natural world you will:

• See the positive change people made to the area

• Read the stories behind the improved parks and open spaces in
north-west Southwark

• Learn from and be inspired by success

• Find out how gardening projects have been able to bring together many communities
of people

• Discover how local people took a proactive role in the regeneration of their neighbourhood

• Delight in the beautiful flowers and plants growing in Bankside Open Spaces Trust

In my Backyard: Growing a Sense of Place in Bankside

64 pages
Preface by Simon Hughes
£6.95

(All proceeds go to support BOST’s effort to help people improve, enjoy and restore the natural environment in northwest Southwark)

To order a copy, simply send £6.95 plus 55p postage to:

Bankside Open Spaces Trust,
5 King James Street
London
SE1 0RU