news, awards, press
our gardens in the media
in the press
Read: Articles and Blogs
20 Blooming Years of Global Generation, Camdenist, 2024.
Forging connections through food and science, Kings College London, A Paper Garden collaboration with KCL, the twilight gardening and dinner series.
Building with what you have, Paper Garden, Architecture Today, 2023.
Constructing the Circle, Buro Four, 2023 Our community build manager, Alice, participated in Buro Four's roundtable on circular design.
Growing a 1,000-year vision: how Global Generation is leaving a lasting legacy through its urban gardens in London, Blog, 2023.
Dignity of Choice, Adrienne Katz Kennedy, 2022, Global Generation, Camden Mobile Food Bank and STCA and the work we've been doing together around food insecurity
Story Garden: a hidden oasis in King’s Cross, Camdenist, 2022
How This Community Vegetable Garden Reclaimed a London Construction Site, Vice, 2016 - Skip Garden
Watch & Listen: Video & Podcasts
The Climate Show with Tom Heap, November 2023 - Right to Grow at Story Garden.
Community Led Circular Green Architecture, 2023, Green Urbanist podcast. Jan discusses the progress from the Skip Garden to the Paper Garden and plans for the Triangle Site.
Gardeners World, BBC, 2022- Story Garden at Hampton Court
“We’ve always worked on the idea that the build of a garden, and its ongoing maintenance, presents an opportunity to get people together who otherwise would not usually meet...So the original Skip Garden was built by The Guardian’s senior management team alongside young people from the local secondary school (Regent High) and Argent’s construction workers. When you involve all those people, a different kind of ownership happens.”
Awards & Recognition
Paper Garden
Civic Trust Pro-Tem Awards, Shortlist, 2025
The Pineapple for Community Space, The Pineapples, Shortlisted, 2025
TET Inspire Future Generation Awards Winner - Climate Change, 2024
MacEwen Award: Architecture for Good, Shortlist, 2024
New London Architecture Awards in Meanwhile & Environmental categories, Winner, 2024
Floating Garden
Kings Cross Estates Property Awards “Best Social Impact Initiative”, 2024
Future Water Association Award, Special Recognition People Category, 2023
Islington in Bloom Awards 2023, Silver
Story Garden & Skip Garden
Adult Leaders, Camden Eco Champions, 2021, Jane Riddiford of Global Generation
NLA Awards, Best temporary project 2016
AJ Small Project Awards, 2016, Charlie Redman’s Wellcome Shelter
“With an uncompromising focus on re-use, [Paper Garden] sets a precedent for sustainable construction whilst unleashing the potential of the construction process to contribute to greater community.”