It’s not about a creating a profitable empire, it’s about bringing people together.
– Community focus
– Classes for plant care, kids can paint pots and grow seedlings
– Coffee and cake
– Art section
– Bring in authors, poets, artists. Give them space to create
– Be the first to donate plants and support when something negative happens in the area. Be a force for good. Restore faith in humanity
– Take a plant / leave a plant section
– Old folks encouraged to gather on Wednesday afternoons. More tea, less isolation.
– Small offering of package-free bulk foods. Instil less waste philosophy.
– I’d probably need a £1m endowment to do this without any dependencies. And anyway, how does one value the output, the social cohesion?