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For an allotment?

I thank you!

I'm pretty sure that you contact your local council as a first step...

I've also heard that if there are no allotment facilities, if a certain number of people in an area request them, then the council has to provide them... but don't quote me.

Shirlz xx

I logged onto my local council website where they had information and addresses for applying for the allotment.

Couldn't get on to Derbyshire Dales last night but managed tonight - all the allotments are too far away. Thanks for your help

Bugger............that's a shame!

Nev

Now you need to find someone with a big messy garden and persuade them to let you cultivate some of it in return for a share of the crops!

Chickenlady

funnily enough we've thought about offering this to people around here... we thought that we could do a community scheme (inspired by one in Moray) where we could all have some of the space and be paid by crops etc... we could grow as a community and all grow different things and trade between ourselves.

I posted a while ago about a scheme like that - the whole village rented land from a local farmer and helped to grow stuff:

http://www.futurefarms.org.uk./

gunners71uk wrote:dont forget to apply to local parish councils too they sometimes have allotments.

very good point.

I also like the idea of asking friends and neighbours for use of their land. Also depends on how much you want to grow, I have even heard of people renting fields. Although that is a big step!

Cool - I have a big garden but it's so hard to work surrounded by water with heavy loam and loads of trees.... Just lazy, I guess!!

Tigerhair wrote:Cool - I have a big garden but it's so hard to work surrounded by water with heavy loam and loads of trees.... Just lazy, I guess!!

What you could try is starting a local collective like shilz suggests. That way you would be giving something back to the community and have the joy of having some of your garden growing crops. - Am I right in remembering that you have a big garden, its just in need of some cultivation?

How do they work, Andy?

Tigerhair wrote:How do they work, Andy?

good question really, and the honest anwser is I don't really know. But I imagine that all you really need to do is get a colective of people together so you could start by putting up posters in your local area or even (to cut back on resorces) going door to door and seeing what response you get. In my experience as with every projuect you start there is always a lot of interest at the start and then when it comes to it people drop out and change their minds. On the plus side if you were to get something off the ground I imagine that it would be very rewarding.

http://www.cuco.org.uk/

see if this is of help!!