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Thank you to all our volunteers!

Following a suggestion at the AGM, we now have a whiteboard outside the Clubhouse listing the jobs around the site that need doing.

We have had a fantastic response from Members and their friends who have been doing a wide range of tasks, including:

  • tidying the compost area
  • mowing the grass
  • tidying and weeding the secret garden.
  • strimming and covering plots ready for new tenants
  • fixing leaky pipes
  • serving food at events
  • showing visitors around the site
  • sowing wildflower plants.

The committee would like to say a HUGE thank you to everybody who has helped  maintain our allotment site.  As well as being somewhere for us to grow fruit and vegetables it is a fantastic community garden.

If you haven’t had a chance to help out yet, there are always a wide range of jobs available – from helping to open the shop on a rota, cutting grass through to admin tasks – just speak to a committee member or put your name down on the board.

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Members’ visit to RHS Wisley – 14 September

Our membership of the Royal Horticultural Society entitles us to one free group visit a year to one of their gardens.   This year we are organising a visit to RHS Wisley,  Surrey.

Wisley is the historic home of the Royal Horticultural Society and houses one of the largest plant collections in the world. They have a series of gardens including a showcase vegetable garden, as well as The Glasshouse and a cafe/restaurant.

We need to enter as a group, but once inside can split up into smaller groups.

We will organise car sharing for the journey – if you have a car and can take passengers please let the committee know. Similarly, if you would like to go and need a lift, let the committee know.

A sign up sheet is in the Clubhouse.