Green’s Windmill was built in 1807 by Mr Green, a Nottingham baker. It was his son George Green who became the famous mathematician and physicist. The Green family built and lived in Mill House, adjacent to the mill on Belvoir Hill. The land around the mill was owned by the Green family who let it out as detached gardens to people living in the town of Nottingham. Much of this land, to the north of the windmill, continues to be used as allotments and is still known as Green’s Gardens. The windmill ceased working in the 1860s and became derelict. It was restored to working order by Nottingham City Council in the early 1980s and, along with the adjacent Science Centre, it opened to visitors in 1985. Day to day operations at the site were taken over Green's Windmill Trust in 2013 and in 2015 the Trust secured a grant to redevelop what had become a derelict allotment plot next to the science centre. Today this is know as Green's Mill Community Garden. Today our vibrant garden provides an exceptional educational and nature resource to the local community. Crops grown – using no pesticides – are made available to the community for what they can afford, this is especially important in a deprived area such as Sneinton. We encourage schools groups to explore the garden too so they can see how fruit, veg and cereals are grown and harvested.