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Next meeting
Monday 18th June, 7pmat YMCA - 56 Whetstone Lane, Birkenhead, CH41 2TJ
There will be a talk:
'Beekeeping on Allotments'
Followed by the AGM
Please send nominations for Committee, Chair, Secretary and Treasurer to wfas.sec@gmail.com
Federation Grant
Allotment Societies can now apply for a small grant from the Federation. For more details download the application formContact us
Please contact the Federation Secretary by emailing wfas.sec@gmail.com
Your comments or queries will be taken to the next avalable meeting of the Committee.
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 £32 per annum for 2011 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
News
Council allocates £50k funding for societies.Details of the application process will appear here soon and be emailed out to members. If you don't have a society, why not form one now to take advatage of this funding? Find out more
Download the judging criteria for Wirral Allotment Competition
More details about how and when to enter will appear here soon.
See NEWS page for details of:
• New WFAS Committee
• Site Secretary newsletter
• Site Secretary duties
Click here for details of new gardening courses at Ness Gardens and Wirral Environmental Network 2011-2012.
Aminopyralid
It seems that there are new reports of crops affected by aminopyralid-contaminated manure.
If you have experienced this, notify the Chemicals Regulation Directorate 01904 455 775 email: pesticides@hse.gsi.gov.uk and Dow Agrosciences 0800 689 8899 email: UKHotline@dow.com