I've recently written about the inestimable value of discovering and exploring even unpromising local sites during lockdown and also about the importance of bottom-up urban planning and design that fully takes into account end-users' needs and desires. So it was inevitable that Green Squirrel's Railway Gardens project would catch my eye.
As Hannah Garcia, one of the driving forces behind the project, told me in an interview for Buzz, it will (fingers crossed) see an area of disused land alongside the railway line in Splott transformed into a busy space home to a community hub, local social businesses housed in shipping containers, a "library of things", an outdoor events pagoda, raised beds, a pond and more.
Having lived barely a stone's throw away from the site when I first moved to Cardiff in 2006, I can understand both the need for such a space and also why local residents seem so enthusiastic and invested in the project. While the recent National Lottery windfall will undoubtedly help, further funds are still required. Here's hoping the vision can become a reality before too long.
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