Community gardening vs urban degradation, with Yasmine El Gabry

BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast

Immediate Media

Nature, Science, Leisure, Home & Garden

4.4 • 647 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Not so long ago, the alleyway behind Yasmine El Gabry's street in Manchester was home to flytipping, anti-social behaviour and worse. Now, it's a thriving community garden, and these things are banished to the past. How did she and her neighbours do it – and can it work elsewhere for the rest of us? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:59.7	Hello and welcome to the award-winning BBC Gardner's World magazine podcast, brought
2:05.5	to you by the team here at the magazine. Join us as we chat all things gardening with the nation's
2:11.5	favourite experts. Fly-tipping, anti-social behaviour, crime.
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