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.

Forms

The new place to find all our current forms
Renting a Plot

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

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

Growing Guides

SWEET HEART

Sweetheart produces reliable crops of sweet, crisp, firm heads with exceptional flavour and shows resistance to tip-burn, mildew and bolting. A good all-rounder. Full of flavour with crisp, sweet heads which are quick to mature.
BARCELONA

The large, succulent heads of this premium quality iceberg lettuce have strong resistance to tipburn, green lettuce aphid and all known races of downy mildew. Its flavour is equally impressive!
BEDFORDSHIRE CHAMPION

This heavy cropping variety produces large, pleasantly flavoured globe-shaped bulbs with a rich brown skin. Maturing time approximately 24 weeks from sowing. Has excellent storage capabilities when stored in a cool, but frost-free environemnt, after lifting.
MARION

This Nantes-type variety was given an Award of Garden Merit by the RHS in 2010. It's long, well coloured roots will stay in condition in the ground for several months and will over-winter successfully in some areas, providing tasty carrots for much of the year.

Harden off and begin planting out indoor raised seedlings; protect susceptible plants from slugs and snails.
Sow french beans, runner beans, carrots, cabbages, beetroots and salad crops outdoors - protected with cloches or fleece if frosts threaten.
Plant any remaining seed potatoes and earth-up shoots of growing potatoe plants.
Tie in peas to sticks or canes; pinch out tips of early broad beans to discourage aphids.