Events

Site Shop - January 2024

A number of members of the allotment have spent the last three weeks in Jannuary getting the allotment shop up and running.

Allotment Working Party - 5th February 2023

A successful working party was held on 5th February 2023. A number of jobs were completed on site, these included clearing the paths leading to the disabled plots, putting new guttering on the locker room and adding an IBC tank to collect the Water. A number of plots that had been vacated also needed clearing. One had a number of overgrown fruit trees many of which had to be removed. A litter pick was also carried out in the roadway outside the allotment.

Green Flag Community Award 2022/23

The committee celebrating the Green Flag award for 2022/23. The judges report praised the management of the site and commented on the friendly atmosphere during his visit.

Slug Pellets 01/04/2022

It is illegal to use slug pellets that contain Metaldehyde, these are the blue coloured slug pellets, they were taken off the market 12 months ago and people were given time to use up the stocks that they had. That deadline has now been reached and other methods of detering slugs and snails need to be used.

Visit by James Morris MP

On 30th May 2019 we had a visit from James Morris MP who came to have a tour around the allotment and see what went on.
We also discussed with him the success that we had with the Green Flag award and the concerns for the allotment in view of the current Black Country Development plan and the potential for part of the allotment site to be lost for a housing development.

Green Flag Community Award 2018/19

We are pleased to have achieved the Green Flag Community Award for the third year running with very positive feedback from the judge and an increased judges score.

Open Day 2017

We had a very successful Open day on the 1st July with many more visitors than in previous years, including a number of perspective plot holders.

Green Flag Community Award 2016/17

The Allotment has recieved a Green Flag Community Award, this is very pleasing as only a small percentage of allotments in the UK get this award. Below are a few of the comments from the judge: ​ "The judge was particularly impressed with the welcome and friendliness of all individuals met on the day." ​ "Excellent facilities onsite to allow wheel chair users to access allotment plots." ​ ​ In terms of Conservation of biodiversity: "Several Bee hives were identified throughout the site with many areas i.e. hedge bases left “wild looking” providing essential highways for wild life and sources of food throughout the year." ​ In terms of Sustainable materials use: "Excellent, the whole site must be congratulated for the innovative ways that materials are sourced"

Open Day 2016

This was held on 23rd July and became a celebration of us achieving the Green Flag Community Award, which was announced on the 21st July!

Open Day 2015

We held the 2015 Open day on 25th July, this turned out to be an inspired choice of date in terms of the weather it being the only sunny day for a number of days both before and after. Unfortunately the date was a poor choice since a number of people were not able to attend due to holidays. The small group of committee members that organise and run the open day were still very pleased to make £90 profit on the day which will go to charity.

Below are a few images from the 2015 open day

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Open Day 2014

The Open day took place on 26th July 2014. This was the third Open Day that we have held at the Allotment, once again it was a success and we were lucky to have good weather. The Tombola helped to raise money for the disabled plots on site.

Below are a few images from the 2014 open day