London Herb Garden has launched a Spring Kitchen Garden Seed Pack containing vegetable and herb seeds to help allotment holders kick start their spring.
The seeds have [...]
Wordless Wednesday – frosty plots
photo courtesy of Julia Stanley
We spoke with Terry Rayner, one of the senior partners at Terwins Seeds.
Terry has enjoyed a long career in the agricultural seeds trade, spending several years as a certified crops inspector.
Terry was [...]
Hello, my name is Tim Jeffries, General Manager at D.T.Brown.
Our company began more than a century ago supplying market gardeners locally in the north west before going on to sell [...]
London Herb Garden is a new business committed to ensuring that gardeners and allotment owners are able to try out the best herb and vegetable seed as easily as possible.
We asked Hannah [...]
A great tip came in from Ian Hazlehurst yesterday, thanks Ian for letting us share it..
If you’re having problems with [...]
A couple of weeks ago, on a recommendation, we took a trip down to Helmsley Walled Gardens. The seemingly sleepy town of [...]
Hello, my name is Maureen Chapman and I'm an agent and grower for Franchi - Seeds of Italy and I'm based in Yorkshire in the NE of England.
Hands up all those who who have already dismissed the idea of ... ∞ 
Chase Organics has a long history of supporting organic gardening.
Major LH Chase began the story in 1912, inventing cloches to protect his lettuces from the dirt and soot of the city, in the 1940’s visitors ... ∞ 
Urban environments are growing in extent and importance for wildlife.
Perhaps surprisingly, flower rich oases in otherwise uninviting city habitats can support large numbers of pollinating insects. For example, a single Leicester garden was found to contain 35% of British hoverfly species. Honeybees produce more honey in urban Birmingham than in the surrounding countryside. Pollinators supply a crucial ecological service, and finding ways to improve their lot is a major challenge.
This Urban Pollinators Project was designed to answer three questions:
1. What is best for pollinators: urban habitats, farmland or nature ... ∞ 
It was probably more years ago than I’d like to remember, that I was introduced to a world where allotments were cherished. I knew that my grandfather tended one but had never been invited nor had the possibility to see it for myself. It was while sitting my ‘A’ levels and waiting to join my parents in their new house in the West Country, that I was introduced to my grandfather's ... ∞ 
A quick look at the diary and we can see that we’re 18 weeks in, in our journey on Plot 36. It doesn’t seem so long to be honest, given the volume of the weeds removed and compost and manure brought onto site. I mustn’t forget the pallets either. The site resembles …
Hi, I`m Nadine from Reading University. I work in a project that investigates pollinators and their food plants in urban habitats such as gardens, allotments, cemeteries and local nature reserves.
If you'd like to read more about our project please click HERE
A sizeable number ... ∞ 
Hi, my name is Chrissie Gregory from Tuckers Seeds in Ashburton.
I’m in charge of producing our garden seed catalogue, ordering garden seeds and looking after many other aspects of the [...]
Allotments and Gardens: cold frames by Louise Curley
Want an economical solution to protecting plants [...]
Those of you interested in the concept of no-dig gardening, will have no doubt read, or at least heard of the work of Charles Dowding. Charles has written a number of extremely informative books on the subject and has a website which is an absolute mine of information, for those interested …
Those of you interested in the concept of no-dig gardening, will have no doubt read, or at least heard of the work of Charles Dowding. Charles has written a number of extremely informative books on the subject and has a website which is an absolute mine of information, for those interested in the organic nodig approach.
The [...]
it’s that time of year – Autumn – and anyone planning their veg for the following year would be wise to be thinking seriously about their compost.
Our compost bins are quietly filling during the year, with odd bits of weed, scrappy lettuce which have been decimated by slugs and the usual tidyings of veg prior to taking it home.
By [...]
The result of two years’ work has seen new allotments opened in Sompting.
The opening of a new allotment site at Halewick Lane was the culmination of two years’ work by Adur District Council to turn a derelict piece of land, [...]
Formula 1 ace Jody Scheckter donates organic compost to Whitchurch allotments by Emily Roberts, Chief Reporter
TWO tractor loads of organic compost were delivered to allotment holders in Whitchurch.
Jody Scheckter, owner of Laverstoke Park Farm near Overton, offered the compost as [...]
Anyone who’s been following our progress on the new allotment will probably [...]
Hi, I’m Andrew Davidson, (I’m on the left with the hat in the photo below) one of the founders of the new independent growers website Quickcrop.co.uk. My business partner Niall McAllister and I have both been keen growers for over 20 years with many friends and neighbours asking us for [...]
This is so beautiful – it makes me smile when I see it, I love everything about allotments
great image Julia
Kaz x
It’s a lovely picture it’s the only time when all the allotments look the same.