News
April 2009 - Contacting the police, anti-vandal measures, new Allotment Officer, Federation Grants to Societies, news from local sites. ...[more]Wirral Council decide that there will be no capital funding programme for allotments.
Commons debate on the provision of allotments by local authorities
...[5th Nov 2008]
Fruit and veg thefts on the rise
...[BBC News 19/09/08]
The goodness of green manure
...[Times 30/08/2008]
Is the compost crisis over?
...[Guardian 28/07/2008]
The new veg plots at Kew
...[Telegraph 25/07/2008]
Ben Chapman secures a debate on allotment provision in the House of Commons.
...[Hansard 22/07/2008]
Chairman's Report at AGM on June 27th 2008 download here
Big Lottery Fund England Local Food Programme open for business - grants for a variety of food-related projects ...[more]
Next meeting
- Next meeting - Thursday 29th October, 7.30pmSt Stephens Parish Hall,
Prenton Lane
Agenda, and minutes of previous meeting not yet available
Federation Grant
Allotment Societies can now apply for a small grant from the Federation. For more details download the application formHelp wanted
Primary School in Wallasey, is looking for a volunteer to help with the school gardening club - a mature gardening enthusiast who's good with children, to lend a hand at lunchtime for half an hour. Tel 638 5406 either around 8.30am or after 3.30pm. If anyone would like to share their love of gardening with the next generation, please get in touch.
Contact us
For information please contact David Jones, Chairman of Wirral Federation of Allotment Societies.
telephone 0151 608 6633
email davidejonesdej@aol.com
Do you enjoy gardening?
Do you like fresh fruit and vegetables?
Would you like to grow your own?
If the answer is "Yes" to any of the above questions, then we may have an ideal opportunity to satisfy your wishes.
The image of allotments have changed over the last decade and there are many more women and families on sites than with the previous generations.
Wirral Borough Council still has plots available and although some sites have a waiting list, if you are willing to consider alternative sites, you should be able to take up a tenancy fairly quickly. It may even be possible to have a half plot.
The cost of a tenancy for a plot is £28 per annum for 2008 with reductions for those on benefit or over 60.
So for a rewarding pastime and an improvement in the quality of your life, why not visit a site and speak to the site secretary. They have a great bank of knowledge and can point you in the right direction.
The benefits of allotments
• Satisfaction at growing your own veg.
• Stress relief and relaxation
• It can improve your strength
• It can improve your general fitness
• It can increase energy levels
• It can help you feel good in body and mind
• It can help weight control
• It can help you make new friends
• It develops creativeness in making a new garden
• Fruit and veg. avoid huge transport costs
• Very good for the environment
• Encouragement of wildlife
• Food is chemical and additive free
• You eat better at less cost
• Healthy fresh air
• Cheaper than the gym
• Food tastes so much better
• Most of all it is Good Fun
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