Old Tidemill Wildlife Garden
London, United Kingdom · Operator: Local community (Save Reginald / Save Tidemill campaign)
Overview
Valued as an environmental asset mitigating pollution, but lost to housing redevelopment.
Citizen participation
Residents managed the former Tidemill school garden and occupied it for two months to defend it.
Operating model
Community green space on council-owned land, unprotected against a redevelopment plan.
Impact
For a Lewisham Council/Peabody redevelopment, bailiffs evicted occupiers at dawn on 29 Oct 2018 and trees were felled on 27 Feb 2019. Lesson: councils can destroy established green space in the name of 'social housing'.
Crops
- trees
- wildflowers
Scale
デプトフォード。2018年10月29日強制退去、2019年2月27日に樹木伐採 (evicted Oct 2018)
Sources（2）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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