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Addiscombe Woodside & Shirley Leisure Gardens

Social Event - BBQ, cakes, drinks and the opportunity to meet others on Monday 4th May (Bank Holiday)

More details will follow soon, but for now please save the date.

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    Forms

    The new place to find all our current forms

  • Allotment plot

    Renting a Plot

    Looking to rent an allotment plot? Look here for more information

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    Trading Hut

    The trading hut is open to our plot holders and green finger members


Growing Guides

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    ALL THE YEAR ROUND

    All The Year Round is a good old standby variety as it is highly reliable. The quality of this vegetable truely is the mark of a good gardener with large curds surrounded by dark green leaves. Sow October in a cold frame, plant out in March, cut in June. Sow February to April, cut late June to September.

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    LOBJOITS GREEN

    One of the larger cos lettuces, it is very upright and yields good sized hearts of tip-top flavour and texture. Can be cut over a long season.

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    DURHAM EARLY

    Probably one of the most well known and reliable spring cabbages. Cabbage Durham Early produces firm, pointed, well flavoured hearts on compact plants. This compact variety also be sown or planted closely for delicious 'spring greens' ready to harvest from February.

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    SWEETMAX

    This British-bred variety produces top quality, well-shaped fruits suitable for exhibition work and ideal for the kitchen. It sets fruits early making the most of the sun we receive for sweet and tasty flesh. Each plant can produce up to three squashes, each up to 3kg.