Target 11.3: Enhance inclusive and sustainable urbanisation and participatory planning.
The Problem The Wolves Lane Horticultural Centre in Wood Green, a three-acre former council plant nursery with glasshouses and a palm house, was closed by Haringey Council.
The Move They Made On the day the council closed the site, it handed stewardship to OrganicLea. In May 2019 the Wolves Lane Consortium was formally established, with OrganicLea, the Ubele Initiative and the veg box scheme Crop Drop as legal partners. In spring 2019 Ubele started Black Rootz on the site, described as the UK's first multigenerational Black-led growing project. The consortium aims to run the site on sociocratic lines, with site users and volunteers involved in decisions.
The Proof The centre now runs as a community food hub, with commercial growing, a community market, training, volunteering and education. In 2025 the consortium was raising funds to refurbish the site for open community use.
Your Move The consortium shared the decisions as well as the site. Give your partners a vote on the target, and they stay.
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