Lovely surprise

Torn basil leaves on top of sliced tomatoes and mozzarella. There you go vampirequeen!

What a wonderful achievement. Bet you are a great neighbour too!
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Thanks to everyone for your lovely comments. I will pinch the herbs idea. How lovely to grow somethings that can be used by everyone. I'm a terrible cook but maybe even I'll improve if I have access to fresh herbs (although it's very unlikely lol).

That’s such a wonderful thing to do, vampirequeen. Also applaud your local council for a green venture. Ours is horribly privatised. Maybe the council poisoning swans’ eggs, which is horrendous, are run by same ‘profits for shareholders’ ethic. And ours was so good when it was in public hands. Sigh.

How lovely - the bees will be pleased!

Why not .well done you..I tried to liven up our communal gardens .would like something colourful for winter.

God bless you Vampirequeen what a lovely thing to do. It's so nice to read an uplifting post.

Brilliant idea, well done you! Last summer I interplanted a bit of my front garden with herbs and put up a little card saying 'help yourself '(surely no-one but a commercial kitchen can eat their way through a herb garden in a year). It has been a great hit and I've met so many nice new neighbours as well as passing walkers who stop for a sprig of rosemary or a pinch of thyme

Sounds delightful.

How fabulous. My mother did the same when she went in to sheltered accommodation and then some of the other residents started chipping in and doing a little bit of weeding. So much easier to reach when they're in pots. What a great council to offer some financial help with it too. I don't think our local council offers anything like that.

Don't live in a granny flat area but do have communal planting and grass area. Would love to do something like you but unfortunately the painting is constantly ruined by children running through the small areas, kicking balls into them (although legal conditions dictate no ball games allow) even this year a new trend of riding bikes through them. The grass area is small but is a pleasant green space if it wasn't churned up with football being played on it. All the householders have to pay the costs for repair and replanting. I despair. So envious of your lovely well cared for and appreciated garden.

Wow that's fantastic,

Well done, just shows taking the initiative pays off! It may be worth going to your garden centre soon, I went to my local one last weekend and they had lots of perennials reduced because it’s the end of the season, so you might be able to get what you’re looking for at a bargain price?

Well done Vampire everyone needs someone like you in their community. The donation from the council was great, and I hope you get more donations of plants from people who get to know about your wonderful project.

That's lovely that you have been given the support from your neighbours and been rewarded with a little help from the council. It's not often that we hear good news from that area.

What a lovely thing to read, it’s dark and dank here and this has brightened my day.

I'm happy you are being encouraged to garden in the communal area. Unfortunately my SILs mum , who was happy to keep their communal garden planted and growing was asked to stop as the company who take cars of the complex she lives in wanted to employ their own gardener. My friend did it because she loves gardening but is now not allowed that pleasure. Incidentally the garden is now a mess and almost totally unattended.

That’s just lovely, vampirequeen. Well done you, and well done your Council for being able to see the importance of what you are doing.

Fantastic - well done x

Well done VQ. Look forward to seeing photos next year.

Thats lovely, well done you

What a lovely thing you have done. Well done!

Brilliant I hope all the plants look wonderful and make everyone in your community feel good.

That's lovely Vampire I think that Mother Nature is the best therapy who has the power to cheer us all up on a dreary day. Well done.

Lovely that your council is supportive.
I remember the story a few years ago of an Iranian gentleman who made a beautiful garden in the communal space in front of his flat and was taken to court by the housing association from whom he rented his flat. All if his neighbours loved the garden and shared the vegetables he grew. Passers by stopped to take photos and chat. He was very artistic and did mosaic work on the wall too which was probably going too far.
Eventually he lost the case, the garden was destroyed and he was evicted.
I followed him on Facebook and he moved to a lovely Thames side flat in London but missed his old friends in Preston. He often hosted picnics on the riverbank and gathered many friends if all ages. He never recreated his garden though and that was sad.
He died of cancer about three months ago and although we never met I feel I've lost a friend who brightened the lives of all who knew him.
So well done Vampirqueen, enjoy your garden and continue to give pleasure to your neighbours. Just reading your story has brightened my day.

"Ask and ye shall receive"! How wonderful for you.