Getting Started

At Hatherop Road we ask plotholders to adopt a few basic principles that benefit the whole site: Be as organic as possible Chemicals such as…

Get to know your neighbours — you’ll share water taps and responsibility for access paths. Everyone has a different approach to gardening, and there’s a…

The usual advice is to plant potatoes for the benefit of the soil and its clearance — you’ll dig three times: to clear the weeds,…

Rubbish clearance If you take over in winter there’s likely to be dead vegetation, odd bits of wood and material to prune from fruit canes….

You don’t need lots of equipment to start. A fork, tough gardening gloves and a good pair of secateurs will do on day one, plus…

Plots often carry perennial plants left by previous plotholders: You may also inherit: If you inherit items you don’t want, offer them to other plotholders…

Available for £1 per wheelbarrow load. It’s best mixed with green waste in a compost heap to help it break down. It can also be…

The allotments have been worked for over a hundred years. Your new plot may not have been worked for a year or two, or you…