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Evening Standard
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Kate Jacobs

The ‘Airbnb for gardens’: We meet Londoners putting down roots in rented outdoor spaces

Plot twist: Corrie Rounding’s rented garden is a four-minute bike ride from her flat in Oval

(Picture: Daniel Hambury)

Early autumn is one of the best times to start a garden that will be ready to flourish next spring. But about one in five households in London don’t have a garden or any outside space.

A clever new website that acts as a sort of “Airbnb for gardeners” matches up these would-be growers with those who do have outside space but lack the time, ability or the inclination to look after it.

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