Posted on 17 October 2008 by urbangardencasual.com
Old Railway Becomes New Urban Garden
By Vanessa Richins
An old railway in Furness, England had become a seedy location.
As the project website describes, “The land and buildings proposed for development have been derelict for almost 30 years and until a recent clean up, had been used as an area for fly tipping, arson, under age drinking and drug abuse.”
All that has changed now.
A new urban garden is about to be opened to the public. With monetary help from several different groups, the railway was turned into a beautiful area that will be for the community to use. Access work needs to be done before it will open, but they will hold escorted tours for anyone interested on every Thursday afternoon in October.
The website says that the garden has three main features:
