Clitheroe town centre flower bed displays could become 'edible gardens'
4:30pm Monday 11th January 2010 in News
Coun Rose Conner
A SCHEME to turn flower beds into edible gardens in Clitheroe has been put forward by councillors.
As part of the project floral display boxes would be filled with vegetables which could be picked by local people.
In a motion to the town council Coun Rose Conner, has called for the three-tiered floral displays in the town centre to filled with vegetables instead of plants.
The idea was first mooted by voluntary group Transition Town Clitheroe (TTC), which is hoping to encourage businesses and people to work together to grow their own food.
Coun Connor said: “This scheme is about getting the community to source food in their locality because we are going into an era with a lack of oil and gas and our dependency on shipping food from various countries all over the world will have to cease.
“We need to move towards a locally-sourced economy and take responsibility as individuals for our own food production.”
TTC was set up in July last year by a group of volunteers and now boasts more than 100 members.
It hopes to imitate the Incredible Edible Todmorden group, which achieved national acclaim when it established herb gardens, promoted egg production and generated community orchards in the Calderdale mill town.
Chris Gathercole, secretary of the group, said: “Rather than waiting until the last minute, it would be best if we begin to adapt our lives now to a life without cheap oil.
“We need to prepare ourselves for the future so that we are more resilient and reduce our dependence on oil and one way of doing this is to grow our own food and reduce the air miles.”
The group, which is hoping to fund its scheme through government grants and donations, is in talks with businesses and organisations, such as Ribble Valley Homes, in a bid to encourage them to plant vegetables on any spare land.
Comments(18)
Blob
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5:45pm Mon 11 Jan 10
Still, this could be a profit-making opportunity for clitheroe's finest officers, anyone seen on cctv picking more than their fair share of carrots could be issued with one of their favourite fixed penalty notices. (if they arent still occupied counting the money they have clawed in for issueing fixed penalties to kids for throwing snowballs!)
While we are planting things perhaps a "weed" garden somewhere around the castle bandstand or skatepark so the scrotes who hang out there smoking the stuff can grow there own rather than keep the local dealer in business!?
Who are these idiots we have elected!!!!????
Longtimerover
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6:04pm Mon 11 Jan 10
Blob
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6:07pm Mon 11 Jan 10
Blob wrote:apologies for the spelling mistakes - I think I must of been still laughing at the article when I tapped out my comment!
I thought April Fools articles were only supposed to come out on the 1st of April?????? Still, this could be a profit-making opportunity for clitheroe's finest officers, anyone seen on cctv picking more than their fair share of carrots could be issued with one of their favourite fixed penalty notices. (if they arent still occupied counting the money they have clawed in for issueing fixed penalties to kids for throwing snowballs!) While we are planting things perhaps a "weed" garden somewhere around the castle bandstand or skatepark so the scrotes who hang out there smoking the stuff can grow there own rather than keep the local dealer in business!? Who are these idiots we have elected!!!!????
You couldn't make this stuff up!!
Davidoff
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6:12pm Mon 11 Jan 10
Proof, if we ever didn't need any, that Clitheroe councillors are completely out of touch with how the rest of the world has to live.
'We come in peace'
But have they employed Willy Wonka yet to produce the 'super fantastic flavoured edible ever lasting spearmint flavoured edible leaf'
The Curator
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6:21pm Mon 11 Jan 10
There are one or two Cricket squares around that would be more usefull as Vegetable Plots .
It will have taken many a meeting to come up with this one .
Michael@ClitheroeSince58
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6:55pm Mon 11 Jan 10
Longtimerover
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7:24pm Mon 11 Jan 10
If it's your own garden they'll slap a tax on what you produce. :-)
elvis72uk
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8:17pm Mon 11 Jan 10
The Prodigal Son Returns
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10:00pm Mon 11 Jan 10
Republican
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10:29pm Mon 11 Jan 10
Blob wrote:Your punctation is bad too. You only need one punctuation mark at the end of a sentence. Yes, I am the punctuation police. ;-)
Blob wrote:apologies for the spelling mistakes - I think I must of been still laughing at the article when I tapped out my comment!
I thought April Fools articles were only supposed to come out on the 1st of April?????? Still, this could be a profit-making opportunity for clitheroe's finest officers, anyone seen on cctv picking more than their fair share of carrots could be issued with one of their favourite fixed penalty notices. (if they arent still occupied counting the money they have clawed in for issueing fixed penalties to kids for throwing snowballs!) While we are planting things perhaps a "weed" garden somewhere around the castle bandstand or skatepark so the scrotes who hang out there smoking the stuff can grow there own rather than keep the local dealer in business!? Who are these idiots we have elected!!!!????
You couldn't make this stuff up!!
I actually think this a good idea. Whilst people think it's a crazy idea, there is a statement being made here. As Clitheroe is traditional rural community, the council is actually making a statement that our food would be better if it was locally sourced.
Councils should encourage more locally grown vegetable, either by encouraging local allotments or encouraging diversity among the local farmers food production output.
Too many of us depend upon the supermarkets imported food which takes money out of the local economy. Grow your own or at least buy local.
Izanears
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11:05am Tue 12 Jan 10
lindie
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11:50am Tue 12 Jan 10
ghost of sceptic
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8:14pm Wed 13 Jan 10
The Curator
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8:36pm Wed 13 Jan 10
ghost of sceptic
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8:56pm Wed 13 Jan 10
The Curator
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9:03pm Wed 13 Jan 10
CountyPalatine
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12:02am Mon 18 Jan 10
Well done Nigel Evans. You are a true leader of the people, and the whole meaning of 'community cohesion'.
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