Grow Back Greener Fund 2022

The Floating Garden

Global Generation has been awarded £28,168 to create a ‘floating garden’ on a barge on the Regent’s Canal in Camden and Islington that will provide opportunities for local young people to learn about the environment and biodiversity. The project will be co-created with young people and will include a floating reedbed, intergenerational storywalks and gardening sessions with the boating community. 

Eardley Road Sidings: Local, Natural, Accessible

Lambeth Council, working with Nature Vibezz and Prospect Friends of Eardley Road Sidings, has been awarded £10,300 to open up a small nature area on the border of Lambeth, Wandsworth and Merton, with 1.5hectares of woodland, to the public. The project will improve accessibility, restore wildlife habitat, run an activity programme with local schools and support the development of a Friends of group to help care for the site.   

Stoneford Community Garden 

National Trust, working with Thames Chase Trust and local outdoor activity facilitators, has been awarded £41,330 to open a 2000m2 green space up to the public for the first time. The project will create a new community garden, connect local people with nature and support green skills development with a diverse engagement and activity programme. 

Converting Market Place Playground to a Green Space 

East Finchley Community Trust, working with Barnet Council and Grange Big Local, has been awarded £56,750 to transform neglected Market Place Playground into a green, playable landscape and community hub. The project will depave and add greening, trees and sustainable urban drainage to create a new shady and climate resilient space in an area that currently lacks green space.  

Wilder in Brent

LEAP London CIC, working with Harlesden and Fryent Primary Schools, Forest and Family and Energy Gardens, has been awarded £35,630 to repurpose underused grey and green areas at two primary schools. The project will plant edible gardens and wildflower meadows and deliver gardening and biodiversity workshops and training for school staff and parent volunteers.    

Falcon Courtyard and Entrance 

Neu Architects, working with Falcon Courtyard tenants and residents, has been awarded £34,269 to create an accessible new green space in front of their housing block in Holborn. The project will depave 150m2 tarmac and add greening and growing space to create a new pocket park with local residents and businesses. 

Greening Stanley Arts 

Stanley Arts has been awarded £20,000 to create a micro green space in the public forecourt of the grade II-listed Stanley Arts building in South Norwood. The project will train eight volunteers from communities that are often underrepresented in the horticulture sector and will depave a concrete area to create a new green space for the local community. 

Southall Market Pocket Park 

Ealing Council, working with Ealing Parks Foundation, has been awarded £56,880 to create a new pocket park near Southall High Street. The project will depave an underused, grey square to create space for biodiverse planting, sustainable drainage, additional seating and tree planting. The project will be co-designed, delivered and maintained through a series of community engagement and volunteering workshops. 

Boundary Brook Park 

Enfield Council, working with The Friends of Boundary Park and Thames21, has been awarded £50,000 to enhance a blue-green walking and cycling route along the Boundary Brook in Edmonton. The project will promote active travel and natural play, create a new pocket park and install sustainable drainage to mitigate flood risk.  

Core Arts Community Garden 

Core Arts, working with the Church of England, has been awarded £50,000 to transform an underused part of the St Barnabas Churchyard in Homerton into a co-designed community garden. The project will include sustainable urban drainage, drought tolerant planting, water harvesting and a teaching hub area for green skills training.  

Boiler House Community Garden

The Boiler House Community Space has been awarded £50,000 to create a new garden at a community centre in Stoke Newington. The project will open up a new green walking route, depave to turn grey space to green, utilise rainwater harvesting and plant a forest garden. 

Grown in Hoxton

What if: projects, working with Grown in Hoxton and London Borough of Hackney, has been awarded £43,000 to create a community garden and growing space in Hoxton. The project will install planters, rain gardens, a trellis area, seating and plant new trees. It will depave areas of existing tarmac and deliver a programme of workshops for local young people.  

Rewilding Hackney Marshes

Hackney Council, working with the Wildlife Gardeners of Haggerston, has been awarded £25,000 to create a new wildlife corridor to allow species to more easily move across Hackney Marshes. The project will work with community volunteers to transform an existing car park into a biodiverse, habitat-rich space. 

Eelbrook Common Grey to Green

London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, working with People Arise Now, Action on Disability and Wandsworth Bridge Road Association, has been awarded £75,000 to transform an underused concrete space at Eelbrook Common to green space. The project will depave a 1700m2 grey area, install sustainable drainage to tackle surface water flooding, plant a wildlife-friendly meadow and native hedging and improve access.

Sky "Garden" City

Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing, working with Go Grow With Love and Sky City Action Group, has been awarded £38,750 to transform a disused games court at a housing estate on top of a Haringey shopping centre into a new community garden. This resident-led project will turn a grey space to green and include rainwater harvesting and a food growing and biodiversity skills programme. 

Hanover School's Green Rooftop

Friends of Hanover, working with Hanover Primary School, The Garden Classroom and Friends of Graham Street Park (FROGS), has been awarded £5,000 to further develop their plans to transform their grey school rooftop in Islington into a new green space. The project will include new planting, rainwater harvesting, a wildlife area and will provide shade.  

Huggins Wild Green Corner

St Martin Tenants & Residents, working with Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing, Urban Growth, Fenstanton Primary School, Social Landscapes and Incredible Edible Lambeth, has been awarded £35,332 to turn a neglected space at the junction of two busy roads into an accessible green space. The project will remove 430m2 of tarmac to green the space and be created through workshops with local residents.  

The 'Natural Service' Learn and Teach Green Skills Outdoor Project

Father Nature Limited, working with Christ Church Primary School, has been awarded £34,490 to transform a schoolyard from grey to green, with a wetland area, pond and nature garden and raised beds for food growing. The project will train Lambeth residents and teachers as ‘Eco Educators’ to pass outdoor skills on to young people, the next generation of ‘Green Guardians’. 

Southwyck House Greening

Brixton Bid, working with Urban Growth and London Borough of Lambeth, has been awarded £5,000 to further develop their plans to make a public green space in Brixton more attractive, accessible and climate resilient. The project will plant new trees, install seating and play opportunities and sustainable drainage to mitigate flood risk  

Lewisham SuDS for Schools

Trees for Cities, working with London Borough of Lewisham, has been awarded £50,000 to transform three primary school playgrounds in areas of high flood risk. The project will include new landscaping, planting trees and depaving grey areas to create raingardens and outdoor classrooms. It will also support 145 teachers through on the ground training. 

Bridgehouse Gardens

Grow Lewisham, working with Jupiter Woods and Lewisham Homes, has been awarded £20,000 to enhance existing green spaces and create a new community garden. The project will involve community food growing and education activities and will be led and developed with the local community through a programme of events and training. 

Rouel Estate Community Garden 

Urban Growth Learning Gardens, working with Rouel Blue Garden Club, Rouel Road Estate TRA and Southwark Council, has been awarded £36,312 to create a new community garden and allotments in an area with few private gardens. The project will deliver a food growing programme and supply surplus fruits and vegetables to community-led distribution networks.  

Northfield House Community Garden 

Northfield Tenants and Residents Association has been awarded £35,000 to improve a community garden. The project will create a multifunctional space with raised beds, natural play features, planting and seating and will include a children’s gardening club and regular gardening days.

Get Outside 

Kingsdale Foundations School has been awarded £25,000 to turn a piece of land at the front of the school into a garden. The project will include an outdoor classroom and a programme of educational activities relating to the environment and climate change. 

Allotment of Refuge - an Eco Community Hub

Action for Refugees in Lewisham (AFRIL), working with One Tree Hill Allotment Society (OTHAS) and Creating Ground, has been awarded £17,502 to introduce climate-friendly practices to their Allotment of Refuge food growing space. The project will provide training opportunities for people from refugee, asylum seeker and no recourse to public funds families and will enable 100 children to access forest school workshops.  

Oru Space Rooftop Sensory Garden

London Borough of Sutton, working with Oru Space, Carew Academy, the Link School and Forest London, has been awarded £65,000 to transform the Oru Space rooftop into a community and sensory garden on Sutton High Street. The garden will focus on working with local special needs schools and children with autism and will provide an environmental educational programme. 

Bethnal Green Nature Reserve Food Growing Hub

Bethnal Green Nature Reserve Trust has been awarded £31,270 to develop a neighbourhood food growing hub at a currently publicly inaccessible site. The project will provide workshops as entry points for residents new to growing their own food, a paid internship and mental health support, working with local schools, women’s groups and referrals from GP surgeries. 

Growing Gardening Participation in Poplar

Poplar HARCA, working with R-Urban, Women’s Environmental Network, LEAP Micro AD and community partners, has been awarded £26,200 to upgrade several green spaces and gardens in Poplar. The project will increase access to green space for underrepresented communities and offer green training opportunities, including a green skills programme, accredited horticulture qualifications and a paid position. 

Greenway Avenue Community SuDS Project

Thames21, working with a local Flood Action Group, National Flood Forum, Environment Agency, London Borough of Waltham Forest and Thames Water, has been awarded £50,000 to deliver the first phase of this community-led project to respond to flooding in Walthamstow. The project will commission a local surface water flood study, install 30 rain planters and enhance ditches, working with the local community to manage flood risk and build resilience. 

Buxton Road Gardens

St James Street Big Local, working with London Borough of Waltham Forest, has been awarded £44,215 to make their local streets in Walthamstow greener and more climate resilient. The project will add rain gardens to provide sustainable drainage and increase green space and trees in an area lacking in green space. The final design will be developed with the residents and the local school community through creative engagement activities. 

Grow Grange

Hornbeam Environment Centre, working with Project Zero WF CIC, Crazy4Kids Nursery, London Borough of Waltham Forest and The Powerful Community Benefit Society, has been awarded £10,250 to improve public spaces at the Grange Estate in Walthamstow. The project will be co-created with local young people and residents but will likely include planting fruit trees, installing raised beds for food growing and creating wildlife habitat.  

A Green Path to Recovery

Enable Leisure and Culture has been awarded £49,018 to reinvigorate an active travel route between Tooting Gardens and St George’s Hospital. The project will green the passage, add permeable surfacing to mitigate flooding risk and new seating to create a safe, accessible and attractive green walking and cycling route, connecting residents and hospital staff, patients and visitors with local green space.  

Interfaith Tree Planting and Community Walks

Faiths Forum for London, working with Gurdwara Aid, Strengthening Faith Institutions and the Royal Parks, has been awarded £40,000 to deliver interfaith community events to plant trees across London. The project will promote the physical and mental health benefits of using green space to London’s faith communities via a programme of events.  

Middlesex Street Tree Planting and Green Space Enhancement

The City of London Corporation, working with Friends of City Gardens and London Borough of Tower Hamlets, has been awarded £40,000 to plant new street trees on a paved street in the City of London and Tower Hamlets. The project will install in-ground tree pits with raingarden-style planting to provide shade and reduce surface water flooding and provide volunteering opportunities.  

Climate Resilient Schools

The Orchard Project, working with Kilburn Park School in Brent and Sydenham School in Lewisham, has been awarded £17,120 to plant two new orchards with rainwater harvesting and wildlife habitats for schoolchildren to connect with nature. The project will train 120 students and ten teachers to care for the orchards through a programme of training workshops.  

Barnet Tree Planting Project

London Borough of Barnet, working with Mill Hill Residents Association and Friends of Finchley Way Open Space, has been awarded £40,000 to plant 103 street trees. Trees will be planted in the areas with the lowest existing tree canopy cover to provide shade.  

The Halliwick Rec Regeneration

Friends of Halliwick Rec has been awarded £26,000 to plant new trees as part of their plans to regenerate Halliwick Recreation Ground in Muswell Hill. The project will plant eighteen standard trees and provide volunteering and activities to engage with local primary schools, families and residents.  

Cold Schools - Bexley

North West Kent Countryside Partnership, working with Trinity Church of England School, has been awarded £18,840 to help a school in Belvedere make their grounds more climate resilient. The project will include tree and native hedge planting, rainwater harvesting and a wildflower meadow to provide wildlife habitats and mitigate flood risk.   

Trees for Northwick Circle

London Borough of Brent Council, working with Northwick Circle Residents Group, has been awarded £40,000 to plant 115 new street trees to create shady tree-lined avenues. Local residents and young people will be involved in planting and tree maintenance.

Goldhurst Terrace Anti-Flooding and Greening Project

London Borough of Camden, working with Combined Residents’ Associations of South Hampstead (CRASH), has been awarded £50,000 to depave and green areas of a street in South Hampstead that is prone to surface water flooding. The project will remove 140m2 of tarmac and plant trees with sustainable urban drainage to mitigate flood risk.  

Community at Tollers Planting Project

London Borough of Croydon, working with Community at Tollers, has been awarded £23,940 to plant a community orchard and trees to provide shade. This community-led project will deliver training opportunities for residents and fruit will be distributed via local food bank networks. 

Coldharbour Woods

Royal Borough of Greenwich, working with Friends of Coldharbour Open Spaces, Greenacres Primary School and Coldharbour Adventure Play Centre, has been awarded £35,000 to create a new woodland in an open space on Coldharbour Estate. The project will plant 2,515 trees with the local community to create a shady area and provide volunteering, training and employment opportunities.  

London Fields Biodiversity and Forest Schools Enhancement 

London Fields User Group, working with London Borough of Hackney, has been awarded £50,000 to enhance London Fields for biodiversity. The project will create a woodland area, including more hedging and planting, introduce wetland and meadow habitats and enhance a green classroom area. 

The Urban Arboretum

Gardens’ Residents’ Association, working with Haringey Council, has been awarded £49,494 to increase tree canopy cover at a grey side street in Haringey. The project will remove tarmac to make space for trees and raingardens to mitigate flood risk. It will make up part of a wider audiovisual tour connecting local green spaces with St Ann’s Hospital.  

GBG Tree Planting Project 2023

Haringey Council has been awarded £40,000 to plant 100 new street trees in wards with existing low tree canopy cover, such as Tottenham Central, Tottenham Hale and Seven Sisters. Local residents will help to choose planting locations and care for the planted trees. These new trees will provide shade and help to absorb rainwater in areas at risk of flooding. 

Cannon Lane Primary School Woodland Project

Cannon Lane Primary School, working with The Woodland Project, will plant 100 trees, create an orchard and a wildflower meadow at their school in Harrow. This new area will help to provide shade for outdoor learning and play, as well as new wildlife habitat. 

Community Tree Planting at Philpot's Farm Open Space

Trees for Cities has been awarded £20,000 to create a woodland in Uxbridge. The project will plant 8,600 whips and 45 standard trees at Philpot’s Farm and Stonefield Park and provide community planting days and volunteering opportunities.  

Heston Community Garden - West London Tree Hub

Heston Action Group has been awarded £50,000 to create a new ‘Tree Hub’ in Heston to support residents and local schools to plant and care for street and park trees. The project will involve community mapping of planting opportunities, planting of a “food forest” and community orchard and distributing whips to the local community.  

South Bank and Waterloo Street Tree Planting

South Bank and Waterloo Neighbours, working with London Borough of Lambeth and WeAreWaterloo, has been awarded £27,000 to plant thirty street trees in areas of low tree canopy cover in Waterloo. The project will help to create new shady avenues and will involve local residents and businesses in planting and maintenance. 

Streatham Willow Woodland

Lambeth Council, working with Streatham Common Co-Operation Partnership (SCOOP) and Friends of Streatham Common, has been awarded £18,562 to create a new willow woodland at Streatham Common. The project will create swales to hold rainwater and manage flood risk and provide community tree planting days, workshops with local schools and formal training for volunteers.  

Grow Back Together

Street Trees for Living, working with Lewisham Council, Street Tree Ltd. And Greentalk Ltd., has been awarded £50,000 to deliver a community-led tree planting and sponsorship programme across Lewisham to support residents to fill empty street tree pits. This pilot project will plant 100 trees and provide aftercare support.  

Come 'n' Grow Trees

The Albany, working with The Orchard Project and Lewisham College, has been awarded £22,000 to depave a concrete area to make space for a new orchard at an arts centre in Deptford. The project will involve local children, older adults and young people with disabilities in planting, community food growing and cooking sessions.  

Stillness Eco Garden

Stillness Junior School has been awarded £12,188 to deliver the second phase of their project to create an Eco Garden for outdoor learning and play. The school community came together to reclaim a site listed to be tarmacked over and transform it into a garden. The project will now plant trees, a wildflower meadow and butterfly-friendly planting.

Friends of Mostyn Gardens Project 2022

Muslim Women of Merton (MWM), working with Morden Islamic Community Centre, Merton Park Ward Residents Association and DONs Local Action Group, have been awarded £35,513 to reinvigorate part of Mostyn Gardens in Merton Park. The project will plant trees and shrubs, including creating a community orchard. 

Greening the Blue - Shuttleworth Park

Trees for Bermondsey, working with Southwark Council, Bankside Open Spaces Trust (BOST), Bermondsey Blue BID, Friends of Galleywell Nature Reserve, Southwark Nature Action Volunteers (SNAV) and Bermondsey and Rotherhithe Litterati, have been awarded £36,096 to revive an underused park in South Bermondsey. The project will plant trees and hedgerow and add natural play features.  

Incredible Edible Woodland Garden

Willow Brook Primary School, working with Leyton Boundary Garden and Organic Lea, has been awarded £45,000 to transform their tarmac schoolyard in Leyton from grey to green. The project will include an edible woodland, a dipping pond, raised food growing beds and a shaded area for outdoor learning.