Green fingered homeowner creates 'garden of eden' by planting verges on street
A homeowner has turned her city street into a real-life ‘Garden of Eden’ by planting its verges with wildflowers and fruit trees. Green-fingered Grace Hills, 36, seeded around 15 patches of barren land with crops and bug-friendly flora to create the ecological oasis in Eden Crescent, Leeds. She says she felt inspired to rejuvenate her neighbourhood five years ago due to her concerns about global warming and the future of the planet. So she embraced ‘guerilla gardening’ - where growers plant on unwanted public land without formal permission - to transform the 30ft to 50ft patches. The road is now home to apricot, apple, pear, cherry and plum trees - connected by miniature ‘wildflower meadows’ - which are perfect for bees and other pollinators. She said the impressive lines of planted verges had been dubbed ‘The Garden of Eden’ both after the street’s name and biblical references.
