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18th May 2017

Thank you for an amazing Open Day!

On Sunday 14 May we held our Annual Open Day – and what an amazing day it was. The sun shone, music was played and a lot of tea was drunk!

We would like to thank everybody who made it such an wonderful event, including the North Wood Morris Men, Old Palace Clog, Churchfields Choir, 19th Bromley Scouts, Healthwatch Bromley, Bromley Beekeepers, Woodcraft Folk, and all the other stall holders and members who gave their time to bake cakes, serve tea, cook burgers and hotdogs, grow and sell plants, blow up balloons, put out tables and chairs, put up signs, tidy up the site, build gardens and just generally help to make our Open Day a success.

In particular we would like to thank all the members of the local community who visited our Open Day – you are what makes the day so special!

Visit Dorset Road Allotments

We are open for members of the public to visit on Sunday mornings between 10am – 1pm and at other times on request. Alternatively visit our next open day – the dates and times will be posted on the website.

9th May 2017

The Secret Garden is taking shape

Our Secret Garden is taking shape. Thanks to our local community we won a community grant from Tesco Bags of Help scheme. Since then we have planned and built our new Secret Garden. The garden, designed by two of our members, will be a calming space for members and visitors to relax in.

The Garden Design

The theme for the garden was ‘secret’ and ‘woodland’ and the aim was to create the garden using as much recycled material as possible.

Creating the garden

The main structural elements were put in place by contractors in March to ensure the garden is safe and accessible. Since then volunteers have been bringing the garden to life. They have planted a willow tunnel and a fedge, recycled donated plants and built features such as the hazel pole fences, hanging picture frames and windows to peek through.

Thanks

We would like to thank everybody who has helped to create the garden so far, but especially our members Jane and Damien for all the hard work. We would also like to thank the 19th Bromley Scouts who built the two bug hotels

Next steps

We hope to have a formal launch party for the garden in the summer when the plants have grown. Before then there’s still a lot more work to be done ranging from weeding to woodworking.

If you would like to be part of the team creating and maintaining this wonderful new community garden please speak to a committee member.

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Visit our Annual Open Day – Sunday 14 May 2017

Annual Open Day features and stalls

Yes, it’s that time of year again – the Dorset Road Allotment’s Annual Open Day. Regular visitors will be pleased to know that as usual we will have our wonderful homemade cakes available (with a cup of tea), there will be a barbeque and plenty of plants for sale as well as other food and craft stalls. There will be bee demonstrations and dog agility displays.

Children will be able to play on the bouncy castle and there will be a range of other stalls and activities to keep them entertained including the free Treasure Hunt.

New for 2017

We are also pleased to welcome for the first time the Churchfield Primary School Choir and the 19th Bromley Scouts who will be challenging people to ‘beat the goalie’. And you will be able to see our new Secret Garden.

We hope to see you – whether you are a regular or this will be your first visit.

When

Sunday 14 May from 11am to 3pm

Where

Dorset Road Allotments, Dorset Road, Bromley, BR3 4EA