lifeisland – Manor Garden Olympic Allotments

Allotment gardener and Evening Standard report Valentine Low has reviewed Thomas Pausz’s Community Shed reconstruction on his blog, ‘One Man and his Dig’.
It has a photo of the recreated shed, and the story of how Thomas discovered Manor Gardens – after wandering in and getting locked inside. At the time he didn’t encounter the fabled [...]

PRESS RELEASE 28TH JAN 08 IMMEDIATE
Manor Garden Allotments, demolished in October 07 to make way for a footpath in the Olympic Park continue to inspire.
The Community Shed, once hub of the allotment community, has been reconstructed by M.A. student at the Royal College of Art, Thomas Pausz, using the memories and stories of plot holders.

REVISITING THE COMMUNITY SHED – installation and event by Thomas Pausz
Opening event: January 28th 2008 6.30 – 9.30
and until February 7th by arrangement with Thomas on 07957374463
Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, SW7 2EU
As part of the Royal College of Art Architecture & Design Interim Show, Thomas Pausz has collaborated with Manor Garden Society plotholders [...]

Paradise is Hell for Plotholders by Sally Scott, published in Hackney Gazette following the first attempted move to the new site on 29th October 07.
Disgruntled allotment holders have been inconvenienced further after equipment was stolen and damaged during their move to make way for the Olympic Games.
Manor Garden Allotments, whose 100-year-old plots in Waterden Road, [...]