Looking after your garden
Belle Isle is a garden estate. Many of the homes here have large gardens, and lots of hedging. Looking after a garden takes time and effort. Maintaining your garden and the hedges and fencing around it is your responsibility. There are some parts of the estate where hedges have been removed and fencing installed. […]
A community garden for the West Granges and Winroses
Do you think there should be a new community garden in the West Granges/Winroses area? We asked BITMO and Leeds Federated tenants in the West Grange Road area for their views on on a proposal to start a community garden there. This area is used by some for dumping and fires and is not […]
BITMO Garden Policy
Please help BITMO to have the best possible Garden Policy for Belle Isle by completing the survey below. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form. Have you been contacted by BITMO because your garden needs attention? Yes No Are you concerned about the state of gardens on the estate? Yes No […]
A Community Garden in the West Granges?
We are asking residents who live near the old garage site on West Grange Road for their ideas on a proposal to start a community garden there. This area is used by some for dumping and fires and is not secure or supervised. View of site from above, and a view from the inside […]
Open day at West Grange community garden
There is a plan to start a community garden and you are invited to view the site on Wednesday 20 July from 4-6pm. It is located off West Grange Road, opposite the entrance to Londsdale Close – near the old West Grange Club. BITMO caretakers have cleared the site of rubbish and cut back […]
Community garden opens in Belle Isle
The new West Grange Road Community Garden launches on Saturday 24 September. You can visit between 10am-12pm. We will be planting spinach, garlic and onions in our first two planters. It’s a big site and there is still a lot of time to get involved and make decisions. When should it be open? What […]
Belle Isle Tool Library
BITMO tenants can borrow gardening and some other tools from BITMO. We have got tools to cut the grass, bushes and hedges and to dig your garden. We have also got step ladders. You can borrow the tools for 1 or 2 weeks. Come and see all the tools we have and talk about […]
Fencing Policy
Belle Isle is a garden estate. It was designed to maximise open space and greenery. In keeping with this, enclosure of open plan communal spaces is not permitted, and removal of hedging to be replaced by fencing is not permitted. We do not remove hedges, trees or bushes to install fencing and we will […]
Belle Isle Bus Stop Stories
[…] stop at Belle Isle Parade to collect some of their stories. Please have a read, and add your stories below: An old man grows plums in his garden and gives them to my grandma. I lead the veterans’ parade in town. Somebody offered a guy a lift whilst he was waiting at the bus […]
Have Your Say
[…] better decisions if tenants give their opinions. Here are the things that BITMO is currently consulting on. Please click the links below to find out more about each area and to give your views. Have your say – how can BITMO consult with you and BITMO tenants? BITMO Garden Policy BITMO Pest and Infestation Policy
