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April 22, 2009
Everybody's doing it
The National Trust says it is to create 1,000 new allotments over the next three years on Trust-managed properties, such as farmland and unused areas of country house gardens. And, even across the pond, the Obamas are going to…
22 April 2009 | Category » News | Comments [0]
Crane Park
In a London-wide competition to gain government funding for its boroughs’ local parks, Crane Park is one of ten to receive £400,000 each. FORCE (Friends of the River Crane Environment) said that the money will be used to open up…
22 April 2009 | Category » News | Comments [0]
Security
Please lock the gates behind you whenever you enter the site, even if you are working close to the gate. Fortunately, we’ve never had any major damage done by intruders but, if it was obvious to passers-by that the gate…
22 April 2009 | Category » Advice | Comments [0]
Bonfires
Although there are no prohibitions on bonfires, they are best lit in the late afternoon or early evening. Please take account of the wind strength and direction so neighbours experience minimum disruption. Always keep water nearby, either a bucket or…
22 April 2009 | Category » Advice | Comments [0]
Use of junk and waste material
Even when times were less straightened than today, gardeners have always been paramount at reusing and recycling. Now, more than ever, we need to turn items we already have to new uses. Reusing doesn’t only mean using CDs as bird…
22 April 2009 | Category » Advice | Comments [0]
Council Meeting - 25 March 2009
Two committee members attended an Allotment Site User Group meeting on 25 March. Administration of sites is now within the Parks and Open Spaces Department, headed by David Allister. The meeting’s main purposes were: to give information about the council’s…
22 April 2009 | Category » News | Comments [0]
Summer Social Event - 14 June 2009
We will be having another summer Social Event this year, on Sunday 14 June, from 12 noon. Past events have been very enjoyable occasions for plotholders and their families and friends to meet, talk, eat, admire plots and perhaps commiserate….
22 April 2009 | Category » Events | Comments [0]
Welcome, the new season!
Newly dug and raked earth looks wonderful — full of promise for the coming growing season. It offers a chance, repeated every spring, to try something new, rearrange the plot’s layout and relish the growth of permanent plants like…
22 April 2009 | Category » News | Comments [0]
Links
- Squires Garden Centre
excellent garden centre in between Twickenham and Teddington. - Richmond Council
Check out the Council's Allotment Information - NSALG
National Society of Allotment & Leisure Gardeners - Soil Association
UK's leading environmental charity promoting sustainable, organic farming and championing human health - Organic Gardening Catalogue
- Thompson & Morgan