How-to guides
Steps for doing it yourself. Each guide is drawn from projects that really happened, and links back to them.
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Start a book box on your road
From a table at the end of a driveway to a box on a shared green.
From:Clontarf book boxNeighbourhood book swaps, 2020St Anne’s Road pocket park
DraftTurn a neglected corner into a small park
How a 40-metre strip by a railway wall became a park, and what a willow garden and a parklet add.
From:St Anne’s Road pocket parkFairview Park willow gardenResidents’ parklet plan, Clonsilla
DraftAsk the council for a derelict site
What two groups did to get land from the council, and how long it took.
From:Mud Island Community GardenBallymun City Farm
DraftKeep a group going after the first year
What the projects say about volunteers, events, visibility and the council.
From:Oliver Bond gardenDublin Community GrowersBallymun City FarmMud Island Community Garden