Author: Rob Fuller

Maintenance days are starting again in March. Maintenance days where the Management Committee welcome plot holders to offer a some time to help maintain the site. If each plot holder was able to attend just one of our sessions per year, the Management Committee would be able to accomplish much more and complete many other tasks.

Maintenance days consist of tasks such as grass cutting, pruning, hedge trimming, etc. Some sessions may be for specific projects, i.e. community plots, and information for these would be given in advance.

Without maintenance days, the site could fall into disarray and become an ugly, overgrown mess, as well as very hazardous. This could then cause our land owners to reject our use of the site.

Please take note of the dates posted below and if you are able to attend one of these, please contact Rob Fuller (East) or Tony Hill (West). Further updates for each date shown will be posted on the Facebook group and via WhatsApp. If you would like to join the WhatsApp group please contact Rob Fuller or contact us here.

The Lansdowne Allotment Committee are holding a Spring Event on Saturday 28th March. This event will be held from 12pm – 2pm and is open to all members of the association.

The event will consist of a small scavenger hunt for the kids. All participants will win a small chocolate prize. There will also be tea, coffee and cake, as well as a seed swap.

To participate in the scavenger hunt, see Rob to collect your scavenger sheet and return completed for your prize.

If you have seeds to swap, your children wish to take part in the hunt, or if you just fancy a chat over a cuppa, please feel free to pop by.

I you have any queries or would like to help out in anyway please contact us via the contact us form, or contact Rob through the Facebook group.

As well as our Annual General Meeting on Saturday 7th March, we are planning to have 3 more events this year. One for each of the seasons Spring, Summer and Autumn.

For the Spring Event we will be hosting a scavenger hunt for our allotment kids. We will also be offering Tea/Coffee and cake along with having a seed swap available.

During National Allotment Week, in August, we will be hosting our usual Annual BBQ . All members of the association and their families are welcome.

Finally at the beginning of Autumn, we hope to host a Harvest Festival. With this we hope to hold some competitions to acknowledge plot holder’s success with their crops, e.g. largest pumpkin or longest carrot etc.

Keep an eye out for updates and more information.

If anyone is interested in helping with the events, please contact us, which can be done via our contact form.

Posters will be up on site and posts made via Facebook, WhatsApp and via the website’s Latest News.

This years Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on the Saturday 7th March at 10:30am. This meeting will be held on site, outside the shop, as it was last year.

The AGM is open to all members of the association and plot holders and is an opportunity for you to hear about future plans and updates about the association and the allotment site, as well as an opportunity to get answers to any question you may have.

Any other information or updates about this event, will be given when necessary.