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Allotments have many benefits
There are a number of benefits from renting an allotment:-
Access to home grown fresh fruit and vegetables
Oganically grown and healthier food
Healthy outdoor recreation
Source of exercise
Provides a source of friendship and companionship
Provides those who live in flats or have small gardens with an outdoor area which they can grow their own produce and grow flowers
Provides family units with a pastime that can involve all the family
Social events
Having an allotment you can also benefit from:-
being a member of a Society
showing your produce at shows
plant sales
open days
social events - hot pot suppers, barbecues, bonfires (including community participation)
buying low cost ferilisers and goods from trading hut from most sites
Tool loan service from certain sites
Over the past few years there has been a revival of interest in allotment growing with more and more people discovering the benefits of growing their own food.
With the increased awareness of food being sprayed with pesticides and genetically produced food, people are looking at buying and growing organically grown produce.
Another source of interest has been the increase of media interest, garden programmes, such as Ground Force, Gardeners World. In addition to this there are a large number of cookery programmes and articles encouraging people to use organic fruit and vegetables. These programmes and articles are showing that there are many advantages and benefits for growing your own food. You can easily grow by seed or you can purchase your small plants from many garden centres or even by buying from garden magazines and catalogues.
Another contributory factor is that house builders are now building houses with smaller gardens or communal areas. This limits the range for growing your own vegetables, plants and flowers.
We are trying to rekindle people’s enthusiasm for gardening, targeting families, schools and younger people. Children under 16 will have to be accompanied by an adult if they want an allotment.
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