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Deborah Burn
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Allotment News to inform and inspire. Used to run this account on twitter 2011-2015. Garden Media Guild member. Day job @greenallotments Proud owner of a PhD on Allotments ⛔️ no profile
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Lots of chat at the moment about lack of new allotment sites, our charity Green Allotments is buying land for new allotment sites in England and has also launched The New Allotment Site Fund ⬇️
🍓🐝🌻 Launching THE NEW ALLOTMENT SITE FUND!! 🌻 🍅🦔
From today, you can ask our charity to fund and help create a new allotment site in your area. You must be passionate about allotments and willing to collaborate with us to get a new site👇
#🇬🇧🌱 #AllotmentLife #communities
Done, thanks for sharing Chris.
The allotment hosted two popular musical events:
"Each one of our volunteers has made a tremendous contribution in keeping the allotment well-maintained and well-watered this summer. I’m very grateful for their hard-working team spirit." 👏👏👏
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2556626...
Dementia allotment celebrates successful summer season
The New Milton Dementia Allotment celebrated a successful summer with events, community support, and volunteer efforts.
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk
I’ve really enjoyed seeing your Dahlias, thanks for sharing 👏
Here’s the story via BBC, no graphic image in this version
#allotmentlife
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bloom has received £269k in funding from The National Lottery across the past four years, enabling hundreds of women and non-binary people to take care of their mental health and wellbeing, learn about flowers and gardening and feel less isolated. #allotment life
www.thestar.co.uk/news/sheffie...
Why this Sheffield flower garden had a celebrity visit from Claudia Winkleman
A community flower garden in Sheffield will light up the big screen as it becomes the first to feature in a series of films from The National Lottery.
www.thestar.co.uk
Horror as almost two dozen chickens killed in Manchester allotment.
(Warning: graphic image in article)
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
Allotments have changed a lot since 1985, yet we shouldn’t forget the people who kept them going through the years of low demand, without them we wouldn’t have as many allotments as we do now 👏
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2554240...
Oxford gardeners win local competition in 1985
FAMILIES didn’t always rely on shops and supermarkets to provide their fruit and vegetables - they often grew their own.
www.oxfordmail.co.uk
“…an excellent open day…which saw people of all ages learning a great deal of knowledge of how to grow items which can be of valuable use. The event was a great success and saw many lone parent families in the area having a great time.”
#allotmentlife 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌱
www.centralfifetimes.com/news/2555046...
Kelty garden allotments bear fruit for Fife Gingerbread
An organisation is helping single parents and their children in Fife
www.centralfifetimes.com
“Twenty-seven allotments have been broken into, plus our Roger Beach Community Shed, where all our communal items have been taken. That’s the place where we keep all of our equipment, plus the maintenance stuff in the area as well.
www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-o...
Raider breaks into 27 sheds on North Staffordshire allotment
Police are investigating
www.stokesentinel.co.uk
The scheme aims to plant trees, hedges and wildflowers in publicly accessible green spaces, including Allotments, enhancing biodiversity in areas which may not have previously had access to funding, and improving local health and wellbeing.
www.stratford.gov.uk/news/press.c...
Stratford-on-Avon District Council unveils two new community climate change schemes | Stratford-on-Avon District Council
Stratford-on-Avon District Council unveils two new community climate change schemes
www.stratford.gov.uk
Are they waxed? The wax is often shellac (fish scales).
Allan and Daniel Young nurture giant vegetables at their allotments in Southampton and have done so for years, but they have just grown their largest and personal best giant pumpkin weighing 1,588.5 pounds.
www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/2553383...
Father and son break PB with giant pumpkin named after mother-in-law
A father and son duo have smashed a personal record by growing a giant pumpkin, which they have "affectionately named" after a…
www.dailyecho.co.uk