Chrissy's Garden
Issue No. 6: Food, Nutrition, and Access in Our Communities
Words + Photogtaphy - Lucy Murray Willis
A note on The Garden: Painter and Artist Chrissy had 3 children whilst living here, and the council cleared an area at the end of her garden for a potential development; however, nothing ever came to fruition. After building a secret hatch for her children to access that unoccupied land for a few years she wrote a note to the land registry asking about claiming title to it. 13 years later she received a letter telling her she had been successful. Now she lives year round from the food she grows there, she paints from the out-house that was on the land and she has now converted into a studio, and she creates space for London wildlife to thrive amongst her crops.