Links

Information & Advice

Allotment Channel – a useful site with lots of allotment videos to show you what’s what.

Allotment Growing – lots of info, advice and tips with forums, diaries and recipes.

Royal Horticultural Society – show information, advice and good resources, especially if you are a member.

Blogs & Diaries

Bean Sprouts – one family’s search for the good life… Melanie and family share lots of tips and the highs and lows of being a ‘green’ family. A very, very good read!

Horticultural – allotment blog by Jane Perrone who often writes for the Guardian. We like her relaxed, fun approach to allotmenteering.

Jane’s Garden – a garden journal with lots of delicious recipes.

Little Gem’s Allotment – fun blog with lots of hints, tips and recipes.

Observer Magazine Organic Allotment Blog

Veg4Show – an excellent blog about growing veg for shows with info and great photos.

Allotment Groups and Associations around the UK

National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners – dedicated to protecting and promoting allotment gardening.

Sutton Allotments – allotments in Sutton, Cambridgeshire – website is currently under construction, we can’t wait to see it!

Shopping online…

allotmentgirls merchandise – including t-shirts, tops, gifts and accessories. Go on, you know you want to!!

Cotswold Company – a range of good quality furniture and pots.

Crocus – everything you need for the garden, including tools, plants, composts, garden furniture and more.

Gardening Direct – plants, seeds, bird food and hardware. Also some growing guides and advice pages.

GoneGardening – plants, machinery, tools, furniture, barbecues and more.

Greenfingers Trading Ltd – everything but the plants! Good ranges of furniture, storage, bird food and accessories, lighting, fencing and more.

Jersey Plants Direct – a range of plug plants including petunias, begonias, fuchsias and more.