'When it's sunny, we get the barbecue out': urban gardeners transform foul alleys into verdant havens

Flowers, herbs and community spirit all flourishing in garden ginnels reclaimed from once-rubbish-strewn alleys"Every builder or workman that comes here says 'I've never seen anything like it'," Fiona Mitchell, says, standing in what was once a disused alleyway in Levenshulme, in Manchester, and is now a thriving community garden.Mitchell, 50, who works at a university, and Jackie Austin, 75, a retired lollipop lady, transformed this alley during lockdown. Continue reading...