UK tenants should have ‘right to garden’, leading horticulturalist says

Jason Williams, known as the cloud gardener, is campaigning for green spaces in new builds and rights for tenants to grow plants

Developers and landlords should give tenants a “right to garden”, a leading horticulturist has said as he campaigns for more green spaces in new-build homes.

To inspire those who live in homes without gardens, Jason Williams worked with students to create balcony gardens for the RHS Urban Show, held this month in Manchester, to show what can be done in a small space. Each garden cost £500 to create. He also created an example allotment with easy-to-tend plants, which a developer could easily put into a new-build block of flats.