allotments

Stonehouse could be getting its first allotment site, thanks to a transfer of Council-owned land to the community.

A patch of unused land on the side of Stonehouse Creek could be turned into a community garden, with allotments, possibly a small orchard with wild flowers and a herb garden.

The area of land lies just beneath the site of the former naval hospital at Millfields and...

Neighbours living around open space on Rochford Crescent will be growing their own, on land they now own, thanks to the Four Greens Community Trust and Plymouth City Council.

Residents approached the trust to see if they could help with a community food growing and allotment project. Not only did the trust help them set up the project, they worked with the Council to arrange for the...

Three Tamar Grow Local volunteers and their wider team in the Our Plymouth’s Grow, Share, Cook project have been shortlisted in the Plymouth Guild’s 2016 Inspiring Volunteer Awards, which will be announced on the 2nd June.

The aim of Grow, Share, Cook, is to mobilise volunteers to grow more fresh fruit and vegetables, the development of community gardens and the distribution of the...

After months of hard work a forgotten piece of scrubland has been turned back into allotments and has welcomed its very first tenants.

The site on land at the back of Channel Park Avenue in Efford has been brought back into use as part of a Community Landshare Scheme.

It’s been a real community project as it has been designed taking into consideration the needs of the community...

Two disused allotment sites will be getting a make-over this spring as work starts to bring them back into use as part of a Community Landshare Scheme.

The first two sites to be delivered as part of this scheme will be at Lower Swarthmore in Central Park and on land at the back of Channel Park Avenue in Efford. These sites will provide around 50 new growing plots. Both of these sites...

A new community allotment site has been officially opened on the grounds of Saltram House near Plympton.

The land from the National Trust run country-estate was developed as part a scheme to encourage local communities to grow their own food. The scheme has created over 1000 community allotments on land across the UK.

The development, which is comprised of 46 plots of various...

More green-fingered people are getting to grips with spades and shovels as part of the Council’s commitment to provide more allotments.

The Council has recently cleared an unused area of land within the Lower Compton allotments to make way for nine new plots.

Council staff cleared trees and massive bramble bushes which had taken over the area. They also tilled the soil and...