There's a scrap of land on Mabley Green that's been lying pretty much unused for years. Sandwiched between a row of houses and the A12 flyover, it's a real patch of nowhere. A place you walk across to get to somewhere else. An 'in between' place. Somewhere that's neither good, or bad. It's just there.
But what if it could be more than that? Something amazing even?
There are plans for the green though. Big ones. So when the public consultation was announced and the proposal was published, it showed this piece of land to be designated as a 'community garden'. But after chats to neighbours and calls to the council, nobody could really shed any light on what that actually meant.
As it turns out, what it means is that as a community we have an opportunity. We can take ownership of this unused piece of land and make it into something everyone can enjoy. So the idea is to make it beautiful, colourful and nature-friendly by turning it into a wildflower meadow.
It'll be a lot of work. And we'll need a lot of help from the communities of Hackney Wick and Homerton. But if we do it together, we can make a positive change to our area. And hopefully get to know each other a bit better along the way.
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