Grace & Flavour allotments are a discrete project, outside/alongside the walled garden. They are accessible through the main Grace & Flavour entrance on Ripley Lane, next to Dene Place.

The allotments were released on Saturday 2nd April 2011. The first plant - a gooseberry bush. 

It took many months and a lot of labour. We moved all the rubble so as to allow a plough to work without breaking it! The land has since been cleared of almost every brick, then ploughed and harrowed. By summer, as one member put it "the capitalists are doing better than the communists". It was and remains really productive. 

How it works

Allotments are leased direct from Grace and Flavour, and your local Parish Council will channel applications and manage the waiting list. 

Priority is given to local residents, and allotments are for growing fruit, vegetables, and/orflowers for personal and family use only. The lease is based on national standard allotment contracts. 

What to do

To get your name onto the waiting list for an allotment at Grace & Flavour you should contact your Parish clerk (email us for details if you don't have them). 

You can always volunteer in the community garden while you are waiting - and may decide to stay there (at least you can have a holiday, confident that your veg will be tended and watered by the community team!)