Sheffield City Council praise elderly residents for looking after communal gardens

Sheffield City Council has praised elderly residents for ‘looking after’ their communal gardens, after they rallied around to maintain the area during lockdown.
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The local authority has expressed their appreciation for pensioners in Carpenter Gardens, Intake who have rallied together to tidy their community gardens, which are shared by a block of flats, after claims council workers have not maintained the area.

Sue and Murphy Underhay initially complained that the gardens had been ‘neglected’ by the council for years, which is why neighbours had come together to tidy the green area up, by pulling out weeds, re-potting plants and cutting the grass.

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The majority of residents on the estate are believed to be elderly, house-bound or disabled.

Sheffield City Council have praised residents for looking after the gardens.Sheffield City Council have praised residents for looking after the gardens.
Sheffield City Council have praised residents for looking after the gardens.

Sheffield City Council has refuted residents claims that council workers have not visited the property for ‘four years’, evidencing that six shrub beds were refurbished in Carpenter Gardens in 2018.

But the local authority has said they will be ‘reviewing’ more maintenance work to be undertaken at the Sheffield estate, taking health and safety measures into account due to the high walls that surround the gardens.

Janet Sharpe, Director of Housing and Neighbourhoods said: “We always appreciate it when residents make efforts to look after where they live. In 2018, we refurbished six shrub beds on Carpenter Gardens and we’re reviewing more this year, taking health and safety into account.”

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Neighbours on the estate hold weekly litter picks in order to keep the area clean and regularly sweep the road.

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