Can i rent my garden?

snakeio

Yep as the title says im wondering if i can rent my garden out, its fairly large and bare. Has anyone else done or heard of any such like?
Thanks
Ian

naijapower

???? Rent it out as what? for what?
What do you hope to achieve?
i.e. rent it out for people to use for gardening and pay u? i am curious to know?

snakeio

Well ive heard of people renting there gardens out to people looking for an allotment/garden space to work on, to be honest ive no idea really, im just testing the water to see if anyone has done this. i dont hope to achieve anythin much, as i dont garden its just sittin there with a few weeds in it.

naijapower

Well, i guess your main aim is to earn extra cash. If your garden was in a different part of the world e.g west Africa, i would have given you some good money making tips

snakeio

Well unfortunatley its in north east scotland.

gazza975526570

i very much doubt it - allotments ae very cheap so im not sure anyone would want to use someones garden. If you are close to a city maybe you could pave it and chage for parking

mcspanna

is this what you're thinking about You wouldn't make money as such but you might get some free food out of it...
:j

melanie22_2

snakeio wrote: »

Yep as the title says im wondering if i can rent my garden out, its fairly large and bare. Has anyone else done or heard of any such like?
Thanks
Ian

In my rural area with houses made for the masters and the workers there are houses with huge gardens which seem to spread over several houses worth of space leaving those without any and there are small tiny postage stamps of gardens.

It might just be me but i always see those small gardens used to their fullest potential while the large ones are mowed and thats it.

Having previously lived in one of those postage sized garden houses i would have torn off my arm to rent one of the big ones close by so yes i think its possibly a great idea, depends on the terms.

And yeah allotments are cheap but getting one close by or even at all can be one helluva struggle. I only just got one and ive been after one for 2 years.

savemoney

I have heard of people allowing others to use there garden in exchange for flowers/veg etc but not for money as such

ceridwen

I was going to suggest Gardenshare - as in, on the one hand, Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall's Gardenshare scheme. Transition Town groups are starting to move in the direction of gardenshare schemes (Totnes, for instance, already has one).

You could just put up a postcard in the local corner shop offering a gardenshare arrangement.

The idea is that they grow the food in it - and you have half the produce. Win/win situation.

PLEASE DONT pave over the garden or sell it.

<already lost count of how many times I have lost my temper at the thought that some other "person" has sold a bit of garden to a greedy developer>

snakeio

Well it just sounds like a "where to advertise now"?. Thanks for the advise.

Also if anyone has done this give me a shout.