Nightingale Estate Parklet

Hackney’s first community parklet on a housing estate.

Like many housing estates in London, the Nightingale Estate used to be dominated by parked cars belonging to non-residents. Since Hackney Council introduced parking restrictions there is an abundance of grey concrete and empty spaces, as most of the estate residents don’t own cars. Then the unused space became a dumping ground for rubbish.

Local residents decided to introduce more nature, planting flowerbeds and adding potted plants.

Now they want to go further and create a beautiful green parklet.

With the design drafted, and a local carpenter (who built a parklet in Hackney last year) ready to build, the only thing left to do is raise the cash.

To make this parklet a reality, we need to raise £2,000 to cover materials, construction, plants and insurance for the parklet.

To raise this money, we’ve created a crowdfunding campaign so that residents, friends, family, neighbours, and anyone who wants to support the transition to a cleaner, greener London, can chip in.

We have until 15th May to reach our target.

Will you donate to make the Nightingale parklet a reality?

As part of our parklets campaign, we are working with two groups in East London to reclaim parking spaces and turn them into green and vibrant community meeting places.

To find out more about our parklets campaign, including how parklets relates to climate action and ways you can get involved, click the button below.