Allotment Links

Barnet Allotment Society Members' Web Sites

Childs Hill Allotments - Cricklewood
Clifford Road Allotments - New Barnet
North Finchley Allotments - Legion Way, North Finchley
Vale Farm Horticultural Society - Finchley
Woodhouse Allotments - North Finchley

Supplies

Seeds of Italy supply the Franchi range of Italian seeds and offer discounts to allotment societies for bulk orders over a certain value

Taylors Choice , offer a range of horticultural and amenity products, including free delivery for orders over £200. Tel: 01270 252530 fax: 01270 211065  You can get a copy of their catalogue by calling them or emailing them at web@taylorschoice.co.uk.

Security

Cleveland Sitesafe Ltd supply a range of containers to store equipment safely

Horticulture and Allotments

Allotments Regeneration Initiative - ARI aims to get more people, individuals and community groups growing on allotments. Each region has a mentor to give support at a local level. They also have a number of useful fact sheets giving advise on subjects ranging from fundraising to health and safety, as well as a Good Sites Guide.

Funding

Awards for All - funding community groups, not-for-profit groups, Parish or Town Councils, Health bodies, or schools

Grant Fund Raising For Allotment Societies - a paper produced by Andrew Brown outlining a fundraising strategy for sites in Barnet (Feb 2010)

Miscellaneous

Composting toilets - KazubaLoo, a free standing, public toilet system which functions without water,  electricity or chemical products and which can be installed virtually anywhere. Read how Gordon Road obtained and installed theirs

The School Vegetable Patch - advice and tips on introducing their pupils to gardening and the production of fruit and vegetables.

GrowVeg - The Smart Way To Plan Your Garden - This application is an aid to planning and management of vegetable growing which you could find useful, especially new plot holders.  There is a 10% discount for members of the Federation.
To take advantage of the discount you will need the access code which is available from Stella Winskell-Moore.