Allotment Gardening
Allotment gardening has had a real resurgence in popularity in the last ten years or so and gone is the flat cap and whippet image of the past. Bollington has a real need for allotment plots with so many properties having little or no garden in which to cultivate vegetables.
Why have an Allotment?
Allotment gardening is good for you and good for our environment. It can be a very rewarding pastime and can make a valuable contribution to the quality of people’s lives.
Cultivating an allotment plot provides an affordable source of fruit and vegetables, an essential part of an healthy diet. If organically grown, you’ll reduce your exposure to pesticides, herbicides and fungicides.
Working an allotment gives you plenty of fresh air and healthy exercise.
It’s good for your peace of mind, as well as your body. Horticulture has long been used as a therapy in both physical and mental illness and in rehabilitation. Allotments can help you get a sense of achievement.
It can help children to learn about nature and how food is grown and be a social activity, bringing together people with a common interest.
Allotment sites also benefit the environment, providing a valued habitat for wildlife. Locally grown food does not have to be transported long distances, which all helps reduce pollution and road traffic.
Renting an allotment plot provides many benefits:
- grow fresh fruit and vegetables, for you and your family, free from artificial additives.
- grow fresh flowers at a fraction of the high street cost.
- a healthy outdoor activity.
- a place to relax and unwind, improve your mental health.
- reduce the pollution associated with the transport of food.
- meet new friends and learn new skills.
- low cost rental.
Kidsgrove Town Council is responsible for allotment sites in Kidsgrove.
There are a number of plots but there is a waiting list for all sites.
The two allotment sites are at
- Lamb Street
- Crown Bank
At present the Town Council maintains a waiting list for plots. If you would like to be added to the waiting list, please contact Kidsgrove Town Council.
admin@kidsgrovetowncouncil.gov.uk
01782 782254
Victoria Hall, Liverpool Road, Kidsgrove, ST7 4EL (9am – 1pm Monday – Friday)
If you want to know more about taking on an allotment, visit the National Allotment Society website: www.thenas.org.uk