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News: We have heard from Community Spaces that we have been awarded the £50,000 grant we applied for. See the Projects page for details of how we intend to spend the grant. 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 is transferring 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.
