OVER THE YEARS
The allotment site is located on a housing estate, which was built on farmland in the 1920's. The allotments themselves have been in use since the 1940's. This site, now run down and almost derelict, is the only reminder of the previous farming landscape.
The project aims to maintain the tradition of the estate as a "place in the country", by working with local schools to restore the allotments, and raise awareness of its history.
By taking part in restoration work on the allotments, children - and their parents - will learn about products that have been traditionally grown in the area. Schools will also work with a reminiscence group - consisting of older residents - to record their memories of the farming landscape and associated traditions. These memories will be recorded on video, and through an archive of old photographs and written materials that will be available to the new community in the new library
from what was a derelict site is now packed with new plotholders young and old getting there hands dirty growing all kinds of fresh fruit and vegetables the allotment today contains 30 plots surrounded by a communal orchard with all kind of fruit trees plum,pears,apples,cherrys we also have a commumal BBQ area which was built buy one of our school projects
PRESENT DAY
NEW FOR 2014
The Site is packed with frogs which sit in our site water tanks so This year we decided what way better to welcome our pond life friends in creating a better wildlife area including a 20ft pond and gardens (the pond in fenced for safety reasons) and the garden hope to completed spring 2015