Since 2012 the Royal Horticultural Society has been hosting ‘National Gardening Week’, a time for all-ages to get outside and engage with gardening. This year their theme is ‘the joy of gardening’ and it includes the opening of four new RHS Community Gardens across the UK.
Each project has been announced on the BBC’s The One Show. In Huntingdon, England the grant is transforming a local park while in Paisley, Scotland a former donkey paddock is becoming an accessible garden, in Blaenavon, Wales they are building a pollinator friendly garden to serve the local community.
Randalstown appeared on our screens as Northern Ireland’s chosen project on April 12 when Gloria Hunniford and chosen garden designer Johnny Knox went to surprise the group. Around £50,000 is provided for hard landscaping costs, design, and plants with a further £5,000 per year for upkeep for three years and funding for one group member to gain an RHS Level 2 qualification.
