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The garden club at Devonshire Hall was set up as a response from the residents, requesting help to look after the gardens adjacent to their block of flats. The flats and gardens are in an "L" shape with an internal garden area that had been constructed several years previously. The gardens were now very overgrown and the shrubs and created hiding places for potential muggers. The residents were unable to mobilise themselves into a co-ordinated action group. They were also limited in the knowledge in dealing with and safely removing the "used" needles that had been dumped in the undergrowth.	,
,	Through the allocation of the NLCB funding to establish a community garden club they were able to organise a "fun" day aimed at clearing the area of overgrown shrubs. The day was a great success with many residents both old and young actively cutting back the shrubs, pulling up weeds and shredding the cuttings into usable mulch which will go back into the garden. The gardening club are now seeking extra funding to purchase extra gardening tools and also plants to go into the existing garden and also a new project to revamp a neighbouring garden area.
The group are hoping that an autumn planting event to get the other members of the community involved and active in their local garden. Training for the garden club members has been scheduled for later this autumn and will involve a core number of residents with a local educational provider.	,
,	The residents have been enthusiastic with their gardening activities as they have acted as a community to improve their local neighbourhood and also met (some for the first time) the other families in their block of flats.

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