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• Allotment Forestry - A community project working with gardeners to increase the use of local woodland products in the garden and allotment. Ideas and pictures.
• Allotments and Children - Notes for new allotment holders who have children. Links to related web-sites.
• Allotments in Basingstoke and Deane - Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council's allotment sites - with basic information on running an allotment.
• Allotments in Leeds - An unofficial listing of allotment sites in Leeds City, by postcode.
• Alric Avenue Allotments - Allotments in New Malden, Surrey. Information on the history and self management of the site, facilities, and a small nature reserve.
• Barfield Allotments and Barnet Federation - Information on the Barnet Federation of Allotments, and Barfield Allotments in North London. Also information on vegetable growing and wild life, history of the allotment movement, and links to vegetable gardening and allotments across the UK.
• Bean Allotments Association - In East Dartford, in the shadow of Bluewater Park.
• Bourne Road Allotments and Leisure Gardeners Association - Based in Bexley; run a trading hut. Links to Bexley Open Horticultural Show.
• Brambles to Brassicas - Regenerating a neglected allotment site by Sturminster Road Allotments Association, Bristol. Focus on issues of funding and community organisation.
• Cambridge Allotments Network - Information on council and independent allotment sites in Cambridge. Linked with Dogon vegetable gardeners in Wedie, Mali.
• Capel St Mary Allotments Association - Allotments in a village south of Ipswich, Suffolk. Pictures, membership information, monthly guide to gardening and seasonal produce, events, and articles.
• Central Park Allotment Association - An Association regenerating their Plymouth allotment site. Includes constitution, diary, news, photos, and an events diary. Also recipes and hints.
• Clifford Road Allotments - Allotments in Barnet, Hertfordshire; pictures, news, a trading hut, and archeology on the allotment plot.
• Community Composting Network - Provides advice and support to community composting projects across the UK
• Countesthorpe Gardens & Allotments Society - Pictures, allotment tips, history and news of a village allotment association 6 miles south of Leicester.
• Crockenhill Leisure Gardeners & Allotment Association - Information on an allotment association in a Kent village
• Cumbernauld Allotments Association - History, and information on developments affecting the site. Members' notice board.
• Dartford Road Allotment Association - Information on the association, with documentation for running a self-managed site, details of vacant plots, a text tour, site map, and report of a school recycling survey.
• Dereham Allotment Society - Promoting 6 allotment sites in this Norfolk town.
• DHCS Allotments - The Dulwich Horticultural and Chrysanthemum Society has allotments in SE London. Description of the site, projects, special events, and development plans.
• Ealing & Hanwell Allotment Association - Allotments on seven sites in Ealing, West London. News and resources for local gardeners, events, information sheets on managing an allotment, local campaigning on sustainability and composting.
• Elder Stubbs Allotments - An Oxford charity "re-inventing" allotments over the last ten years to make them more attractive to local residents. Information and pictures about their work with local mental health charities and a variety of non-traditional activities and ev
• Elson Allotment - Diary and photographs from Beryl and John Saunders' allotment in Elson, Gosport, illustrating their commitment to keeping the allotment movement alive.
• Estover and District Allotments and Gardening Association - News magazine, allotment shop, pictures from this association in Plymouth.
• Flitwick Gardeners Association - Membership information, and pictures of the allotments. Events diary, newsletter, and shop run by the largest voluntary organisation in Flitwick.
• Hampton Court Way Allotment Association - The Association manage an allotment site of 90 plots not too far from Hampton Court Palace. Newsletter, pictures, tips and information on glyphosate use.
• Highcliffe Allotments Association - How to obtain an allotment in Highcliffe, Winchester. There is also a planting calendar, information about the association and the history of the allotment.
• Horfield and District Allotments - With six allotment fields, one of the largest allotment associations in Bristol. Newsletter, pictures, history of the site, information on asbestos.
• Hull and East Riding Allotments and Gardens Council - The council represents 17 allotment sites in and around Hull. Includes a model constitution.
• Ilkley Gardeners' Association - Information on the association, their trading shed, and newsletters detailing their activities.
• Little Moor - Brief introduction to these allotments in Gosforth.
• Maldon and Heybridge Horticultural Society - Organises shows and competitions in this Essex community, supports allotment gardeners, and is restoring historic Friary Walled Garden.
• Manor House Lane Allotments - A South Birmingham allotment association. Information on the group and the local show, pictures of their successful exhibit at Chelsea, and a page to generate support for allotments under threat of closure.
• Marina Allotments - Information on a self-managed allotment site in Hastings, and recent improvements to other sites in the town.
• Moorlands Allotments, Birmingham - Regular winners of "Best site in Sandwell". Created a wheel-chair friendly plot.
• National Allotment and Leisure Garden Society (NSALG) - The National Representative Body for Allotment Holders and Vegetable Growers in the UK. Lots of information on their political campaign to protect and develop allotments. Membership gives access to advice on thorny legal issues, specialist insurance and
• National Vegetable Society (UK) - A contact point for all vegetable gardeners and allotment holders in the United Kingdom, who have an interest in competitions or shows. Information on membership, organisation and activities.
• Olveston Parish Allotment and Gardeners Association - History and description of these allotments in South Gloucestershire. Information on membership, the seed scheme, and wildlife on the site.
• One Tree Hill Allotment Society - In South London. Pictures, news, wildlife on the site, links to community composting.
• Paul's Garden World - Rich in sound advice for successful vegetable growing on an allotment or a kitchen garden. Kids' gardening section has several good projects to keep their interest.
• Pooley Green Growers - Allotments in Runnymede, Surrey. Tips and tricks, pictures, and an account of their campaign to preserve the site and adjacent wildlife refuge against development.
• QED Allotments - Quality Environment for Dartford - an informal grouping of Allotment Associations in Dartford, Kent. Newsletter, information on Local Agenda 21, the Future of Allotments, links to allotments locally, nationally, and internationally.
• Rosedale Road Allotment Association - News and pictures of the activities of an association in Grays Thurrock, Essex. Information on membership, and local environmental initiatives.
• Sale Horticultural and Allotments Society - History of these allotments in Trafford. Diary of events, trading hut, information on projects in hand, and a "What's it for?" on fertilisers and pesticides.
• Salsify and Scorzonera - Diary of an organic allotment in Yorkshire (with children) with lots of tips on growing vegetables and soft fruit, and running a successful and healthy allotment.
• Scottish Allotments and Gardens Society - A developing web-site to inform and enthuse people about allotmenteering in Scotland. "About SAGS" includes UK and Scottish law on allotments.
• Shed News Allotment Information Link - SNAIL is based on Michelle Henly's allotment plot; exchange information on vegetable growing, tips, pests, recipes, local weather sayings.
• South Croydon Allotment Society - Membership information, events listing, and pictures from allotment gardeners in South Croydon. Open to the public each Sunday, and visitors welcome.
• South East Essex Organic Gardeners - Information on the group and meetings. On-line newsletter, hints and tips, and virtual tours of members' gardens and allotments.
• Springfield Allotments Association - Situated near the inspiration to Tolkien's "The Hobbit", now a suburb of Birmingham. A thriving allotment site, under threat from development. News, gardening tips, and lots of pictures of the allotment produce and wildlife.
• Tatnam Organic Patch Project - A family and environment friendly project on Tatnam Farm Allotment Site, Poole, creating a model organic garden and wildlife habitat, as a stimulus for community action. Pictures, news, links to Local Agenda 21 projects in Poole.
• The Kitchen Garden in Cornwall - Monthly reminder of jobs to do in the kitchen garden or allotment, dealing with pests without using chemicals, and ideas for using seasonal produce.
• Tredegar Allotments - Regenerating allotments in Dartford.
• Uplands Allotments Association - The largest allotment site in UK, with a very rich diversity of membership. Information on facilities and activities.
• Victoria Jubilee Allotments - The story of the campaign to save this allotment site in Handsworth, Birmingham, under threat from development. Follow up the e-mail address on the site for an update on the continuing struggle.
• WAGS - The Wavendon Allotment and Garden Society - Based in a village outside Milton Keynes, promoting allotment and vegetable gardening in the surrounding area. The Society runs Allotment Watch (the national database of allotment sites), and a list of allotment sites under threat.
• West Dartford Allotment and Garden Society - Description of the site and the association, events calendar, and details of trading hut.
• Whitfield Valley Community Allotments Project - Newsletter and pictures from this project to regenerat derelict allotments in Stoke-on-Trent.
• Wilmot Road Allotments Association - From nettles to wine-producing vines. A self-managed site in Dartford.