Allotments
If you fancy trying your hand at gardening and are interested in fresh air and even fresher food, then you should manage an allotment.
Why would you want to start an allotment?
Allotment gardening can be a rewarding pastime and gives you the opportunity for healthy exercise, fresh air and relaxation.
Home grown vegetables are always tastier than those bought in the shops and at a fraction of the price, and with no artificial or unknown additives!
Many people take up allotment plots because they know that the vegetables they grow are free from harmful chemicals and they haven’t exploited anyone’s labour in their production. If you grow organically you will learn to work with nature to control pests and diseases and produce food that is chemical-free.
Renting an allotment is a great way to meet people and make new friends. Many allotments have a thriving social scene you can join in with and enjoy chatting to others with like-minded interests.
There is plenty of support available from the local and national Federations with specialist advice, tips for newcomers and low cost seed, compost and fertilisers available.
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Frequently Asked Questions:
Most Allotment plots are: 6m x 14m = 0.020 acre - Minimum size for growing vegetables
It depends on sites where there are plenty of free plots, it may be possible to rent a number of plots but on sites where there is a high demand, you may be limited to one plot per person.
No produce is for private consumption and not for profit.
What help and advice will I get if I decide to rent an allotment?
An allotment
starter pack will shortly be available to new plot
holders, which will include allotment rules, advice on
cultivation and composting.
How much is a plot?
Allotment plot
prices vary depending on the size of the area.
Information if you already have an allotment:
Sites are managed
by the Allotment Manager and should be the first point of contact if:
There are questions about a site
If the next site along is not being worked (a plot
holder's tenancy can be terminated if they cannot
justify not working their plot).
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Bonfires:
Bonfires can be used for waste that cannot be composted,
but in such a way which does not create a nuisance for
other people.
It is always preferable to compost as much allotment
waste as possible. It's environmentally friendly and
will provide you with free compost. We appreciate that
you may have allotment waste that cannot be turned into
compost and therefore have a need for a small bonfire.
In this case
then we ask you to remember the following:
Burning is NOT environmentally friendly, is
harmful to health and can be annoying to neighbours. If
you continually cause a nuisance with burning you may be
prosecuted by Environmental Health.
At most sites we allocate a safe corner of land for a
bonfire to be lit by the site manager.
We also allocate a corner for waste material to be left for the bonfire, which will be lit either weekly, bi-weekly or monthly as required.
REMEMBER IT IS ILLEGAL TO DUMP ALLOTMENT WASTE AND HOUSEHOLD RUBBISH ON ALLOTMENT SITES.
I have just started work on my own allotment. My first completed task was to plant 100 willow rods around the boundary of my allotment to provide future shelter and also block nosey people from seeing what is being grown on my plot.
Pictures will follow shortly...
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