Lan is new to the allotment. Her neighbour Thuy gave her some Vietnamese herbs – essential for everyday cooking – and some Water Lotus plants which were germinated from seeds at home. Continue reading
Planting & Planning

Lan is new to the allotment. Her neighbour Thuy gave her some Vietnamese herbs – essential for everyday cooking – and some Water Lotus plants which were germinated from seeds at home. Continue reading
Check out the amazing transformation of the communal spaces around Balin House, Long Lane. Volunteers began work three years ago to create a splendid community garden – Beautiful Balin!
The allotments are still open and will remain so until we are advised otherwise. However our monthly Sunday workdays are postponed until further notice.
Lovely to see Peter, Anna, Jo, Deirdre, Martin, Giles, Liliana, Aideen, Nora and Poppy the dog at today’s community allotment Sunday. Continue reading
Present: Peter Balazs, Giles Brady, Jo Dubiel, Claudia Freund, Níels Hermannsson, Meryn Humphries (Mace), Jo (Eastwell), Deirdre Mc Gale, Melodie (Brenley), Gabriel Ross (Mace), Shaun (Geoffrey), Fr Jonathan Sedgwick, Anna Slapna, Dominic Tutton (Mace) Continue reading
Thanks to Giles, Anna, Martin, Peter, Deirdre, Kenzo and Rocky who came along to our community day on the allotment. Continue reading
Come and join our free community allotment workdays every 3rd Sunday of the month from 11am to 2pm. Meet other gardeners and learn about growing and planting together.
Our allotments have a very low annual subscription of £5 should you wish to take on a personalised plot or raised bed. We are keen to keep this as low as possible to make sure that nobody is excluded from having a plot to grow vegetables. There’s always spaces available.
However, this does mean that we all have a responsibility to come along to the monthly allotment workdays for an hour or two to help out. Or, come along and meet our small friendly Committee – we need your ideas to keep things running.
We don’t have any paid workers, so please come along on the third Sunday of each month and help out – it’s fun! Continue reading