Garden Party!
On Sunday 16th October we held a celebration in the garden of its first anniversary. The highlight was the unveiling of Rosie Musgrave's "Three Guardians" sculpture. For photos, see here.
Another Date for your Diary
On Monday 10th October 2011 the proceeeds from the Quiz Night at the Bay Horse Inn in Cistern Street will be go to the LGA! More details here. The quiz raised over £110 for the LGA
The Gardening Topic
You may have noticed there's a new entry, "Gardening", in the menu under the picture at the top of these pages. As yet there's only a single page there, but we're hoping to add lots more. If you have ideas about what could be there, please let us know.
Access
Leechwell Garden Association and Totnes Development Trust would like to let all users of Leechwell Garden that there is, as yet, no agreement on access via Heath Way. For the moment the garden has just two entrances - the main entrance from the Heath Way car park and the side entrance from the footpath to the Leechwell. We are working with all parties concerned to try to resolve the issue, and would ask the community as a whole both to continue to be patient, and to support our efforts on your behalf.
Management and maintenance of Leechwell Garden are the responsibility of South Hams District Council. If you have any queries, comments or complaints, can you please address them to Ross Kennerley at ross.kennerley@southhams.gov.uk or on 01803 861234
Evening Get-Togethers
We have planned a regular series of evening get-togethers to help maintain the garden to be held on the first Tuesday of each month starting at 6pm. Details on the notice board at the entrance to the garden.
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Opening TimesThe Leechwell Garden is open from 8.30am until dusk (or 8.30pm if this is earlier). From mid-April until September the garden will be open from 8.30am until 8.30pm. The garden is closed on Christmas Day. For the remainder of the year the table below shows approximate closing times at the start and middle of each month (note that Summer Time ends in the last week of October):
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Click on the map for a larger version, which also shows the location of Heath's Garden and the Lamb (Totnes Healthy Futures) Garden. |
This website is about the Leechwell Garden Association. The Association was formed in January 2009 with the primary purpose of managing, in association with the landowner (currently SHDC), the public open space in Totnes known as the "Leechwell Garden" for the benefit of the people of Totnes. The association is open to everyone (the annual subscription is currently waived) - instructions for joining can be found here.
The Leechwell Garden forms part of the Southern Area of Totnes, which until recently was open space devoted to horticulture. In the 1980's South Hams District Council acquired most of the land, built a road linking the top of the town with the Plains and began planning how to develop the area. Over the next twenty years several plans were produced but none were taken further.
In 2003 a local community organisation (Save Our Space, later Design Our Space) was formed to oppose the latest SHDC development plan for the area. The result was a community-generated plan for the area which involved building on four sites and creating a new public open space - the Leechwell Garden.
Funding for the initial development of the garden (some £150,000) is being provided by SHDC and Midas. In addition, DOS transferred the bulk of its remaining funds (£400 approx) to the LGA. The LGA applied for and was granted a £50,000 grant from Community Spaces. You can see all the application documents we have produced here. These funds will be held in a special account maintained by the Totnes Development Trust, a local charitable organisation whose chairman, Ed Vidler, is the treasurer of the LGA.
You can find out more about various aspects of the LGA by clicking on the headings at
the top of the page. Click here for how you can help.
