Across Yorkshire 32 community groups are celebrating winning thousands of pounds from the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), as part of a new pilot programme designed to help grassroots gardening in the region. Another £30,000 will be available again next year. More than 80 groups applied for grants from the charity to help fund local projects and the RHS Yorkshire in Bloom team have awarded three main projects up to £8,250 each* and a further 29 groups will receive funds of £300**. The first flagship fund is going to Keyhouse Keighley (£5, 350), a charity supporting 5000 homeless people, to build a kitchen garden at the charity’s drop-in centre which is located in a deprived area with no access to growing space. The second significant share of funding will go towards training and to develop a partnership between Harris Road Allotment Society and Marlcliffe School, Sheffield (£8,060) to reap the health benefits of grow your own. Horton Community Farm, Bradford will receive £8,258 to help transform a derelict site into a community garden for local residents. Sheffield-raised RHS Director General, Sue Biggs, said: “The overwhelming response we had from community groups applying for funds shows there’s a real hunger for improving…

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