Where do I apply?

Tigerhair · Post: # 8634Post **Tigerhair** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:56 pm

For an allotment?

I thank you!

Shirley · Post: # 8637Post **Shirley** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:09 pm

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

charlie · Post: # 8639Post **charlie** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:21 pm

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

Tigerhair · Post: # 8706Post **Tigerhair** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:00 pm

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

Wombat · Post: # 8719Post **Wombat** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:20 am

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

Nev

Chickenlady · Thu Jan 12, 2006 10:15 pm

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!

Shirley · Post: # 8785Post **Shirley** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:05 pm

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.

Chickenlady · Fri Jan 13, 2006 10:28 pm

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 · Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:50 pm

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

Andy Hamilton · Thu Jan 19, 2006 12:11 pm

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!

Tigerhair · Post: # 8922Post **Tigerhair** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 2:41 pm

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!!

Andy Hamilton · Thu Jan 19, 2006 4:14 pm

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?

Tigerhair · Post: # 8928Post **Tigerhair** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:02 pm

How do they work, Andy?

Andy Hamilton · Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:52 pm

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.

Shirley · Post: # 9093Post **Shirley** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 10:45 pm

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

see if this is of help!!