Community Spruce – Spring Clean

On Sunday 14 March our members cleaned, tidied and decorated the communal facilities as part of our Community Spruce programme.

The external walls of the toilets were painted (the doors still need to be finished).

The internal walls and ceilings the both toilets were scraped, primed and painted (the floors still need to be painted).

The Clubhouse kitchen cupboards were emptied and the contents sorted.   A professional cleaning company will be along shortly to give the Clubhouse a deep clean ready for upcoming events including our AGM and Open Day.

The communal poly tunnel and greenhouse were cleared and tidied.  Unfortunately a lot of potted plants had to be disposed of because they were infested with vine weevil.

A skip was available for site and members’ use as some plotholders had inherited a lot of rubbish and rubble when taking on their plots.

There was also a litter pick of the site and surroundings.

Thank you to everybody who helped out on the day and to those who have been helping with the site improvements at other times.

Open Day 2019

Our Annual Open Day is our favourite event of the year.  It’s when we throw open our doors and welcome the community in for the day.

The Clubhouse Cafe will be open as usual serving home made cakes and refreshments.  There will also be a barbecue.  The shop will be open selling gardening equipment and there will be plenty of plants for sale.  Local children enjoy the various activities and entertainments including a bouncy castle, hook-a-duck and a magic show.

It is also a chance to tour the allotments gaining inspiration and marveling at the variety of ways to grow fruit, flowers and vegetables.   You can also see how the Secret Garden is maturing and go pond dipping in the Wildlife Garden.

This year the Churchfields Choir and Beckenham Choir will be performing and we will have various stalls and demonstrations, including soap making.

Please come along and share our Green Flag Community Garden for the day!

Clubhouse open

With the festive season over and the new growing season starting, we will  aim to have the Clubhouse open on Saturday and Sunday morning/early afternoon (subject to committee members’ availability).  Please pop in for a cup of tea and a chat.