The Shady Lanes Project

Resident-planted native verge gardens supporting council street trees is the fastest, cheapest, most doable way to increase shade and biodiversity. This is how we do it for scale, impact and multiple outcomes.

By Gayle Dallaston
· Launched 3 years ago
“This is a foundation document for the group. Gayle describes a practical ideas and information towards developing a community network of verge gardeners working in compliance with the local Council's Verge Policy.”...”
Judy Clarke, Judy’s Substack
“I talk often with Gayle about her inspiring work introducing people to the skills of collaboration through the relationships entailed in planting out their verge garden. And she has a lot of wisdom about using Substack for building collaborative networks.”...”
Tim Pilbrow, Social Context