Allotments

Allotment News

Stop Press - important advice on securing sheds

Following recent publicity on the issue of site security and sheds on allotment sites, we have reviewed our position with regard to the advice on securing sheds. We advise tenants not to keep items of high value such as machinery in allotment sheds. We recommend that sheds should be secured in line with advice given by Avon and Somerset Police, which you can view here. Please note, however, that this cannot guarantee 100% security on remote sites such as allotments. We have also added more information from the police to our pages here.

Stop Press - could you cultivate an allotment plot as a vineyard?

There is a unique opportunity to apply for an allotment plot which is a well established vineyard on the St Aidans allotment site in St George, -  If you're interested or would like more information, please contact the Bristol East Allotments Association on 0117 983 9351 or e-mail beaasec@sky.com   

Alert - contaminated manure

Beware contaminated manure! A chemical herbicide called Aminopyralid which is found in a herbicide called Forefront and which is used by local farmers has been finding its way onto Bristol's allotments. It is important to ask the farmer or stables where you source manure that the pasture the horses were grazed on (or their hay was cut from) has not been treated with this herbicide. Find out more from the FCFCG website.

Alert -  Non-native Invasive Weeds

Non-native invasive weeds are a real problem. They are extremely difficult and costly to treat, control, or eradicate and the longer they are ignored the more difficult it gets. Find out more from the Avon Invasive Weeds Forum.

Bristol Allotments AGM - download the powerpoint presentation offered to the 2007 Bristol Allotments AGM and find out what we've been doing over the year.

• Full details of this year’s allotments competition can be downloaded from the related documents section at the foot of this page.
• The new Allotment Gang now carrying out maintenance and clearing overgrown plots.
• The original estimate for the money needed to upgrade all of Bristol's allotment sites was £1.5 million. Because of the specification of the fencing etc, being upgraded and changes in priority since the original estimate was produced in 1999, the present estimated amount needed has increased to over £3 million. So far we have already spent about £1.5 million on upgrading all allotment sites. Allotment Strategy, find out how Bristol's allotments are being developed.

Annual invoices - if you would like to pay by secure online methods, please click here and process your payment through the 'Bristol City Council invoices' option.

Bristol Allotments Team has moved - to new offices which do not have a reception for people to call into. We are unable to see visitors without an appointment so please in future contact us (preferably by email) on the details below.

Grow fruit and vegetables in the St Paul's Community Garden

Come and learn how to grow fruit and vegetables in the St Paul's Community Garden - every Wednesday morning from 9.30am . As the price of fruit and vegetables is rising rapidly, the St Paul's Community Garden is the perfect place to come and learn about how to grow food in your own garden. We have local friendly gardeners who can teach you about plants suitable for gardens of all sizes, even a window box! There will be Somali and Arabic interpreters on site. To find out more, contact 0117 922 2716.

Cultivate your own tiny allotment - for free! Knowle West Health Park has a demonstration allotment plot which has been divided into strips for allocation on a first-come-first-served basis. You would have to be a resident in the locality or its neighbouring areas to be considered, but if successful you could soon be growing your own organic vegetables and flowers. You would not be charged for your strip of land, but would have to keep it together and under cultivation. Interested?  Then view the Knowle West Health Park website for more information about the project.

Exhibition of allotment photography - come and see an exhibition of photography and information from Bristol's thriving world of allotments and find out more about healthy gardening, healthy food production and a host of other community sustainability topics. Its on at the Southville Centre until the end of April. Don't miss it.

For more information about Bristol's allotments

Bristol Parks Allotments Team currently manage approx 4000 allotments spread over 100 sites throughout Bristol. To find out more follow the links below. On these pages you will find information about:

• how to get and pay for an allotment
• apply for an allotment online
• getting your allotment up and running
• the services provided for allotment holders
• local associations and organisations
• Bristol Allotment Consultative Panel
• support for healthier and organic options
• Bristol Flower Show and Allotment Fair

together with top tips, news, and links to more information, to help you make the most of your allotment. You  can download an application form from the related documents section below, and you can download from here Bristol Allotments introductory leaflet 'Allotments for healthy living - a guide to allotments in Bristol'. Contact us on the details below for any information.

Contact us

You can call the Allotment Team on 0117 922 3737 or email: allotments@bristol.gov.uk, Monday to Friday 8.30am - 5pm (4.30pm Friday). Alternatively you can text us on 0771 039 6713 to report flytipping, graffiti, or make any other comments about Bristol's parks, green spaces and allotments. Please provide as much information and specific details as possible about the location attaching any supporting photographs. We will only call you back if we require further information.