Let's Talk Allotments - expert advice for growing your own

Join the experts from the National Allotment Society and Leisure Gardeners to find out practical, hands-on, ways to growing your own fruit and veg with success! The team will be on hand with demo raised beds and a Q&A / talks area, ready to help you with any questions that you may have about homegrown or allotments. Experts include Mike Thurlow, Horticultural Adviser at the National Allotment Society.

Thursday

10am - Crop Rotation, find out how to keep up the soil fertility on your plot and avoid the build-up of pests and diseases, Mike Thurlow.

11:30am - Allotment Growing Q and A, come and ask National Allotment Society's expert Mike Thurlow about growing healthy fruit and vegetables.

2pm - The Year Round Allotment, how to get the most of your allotment plot and keep it productive all year round, Mike Thurlow.

3:30pm - Allotment Question Time, looking for a plot? Want to form an allotment association? Come and chat to the allotment representatives and find out how it is done.

Friday

10am - Crop Rotation, find out how to keep up the soil fertility on your plot and avoid the build-up of pests and diseases, Mike Thurlow.

11:30am - Allotment Growing Q and A, come and ask National Allotment Society's expert Mike Thurlow about growing healthy fruit and vegetables.

2pm - It’s not what you grow, it’s how YOU grow come see Annabelle Padwick, Life at No.27, who is inspiring the next generation with her passion for GYO. Listen to her journey and learn tips and new ideas to help you develop YOUR own way of growing that works for you and your soil. With added family fun!

3:30pm - The Year Round Allotment, how to get the most of your allotment plot and keep it productive all year round, Mike Thurlow.

Saturday

10am - Crop Rotation, find out how to keep up the soil fertility on your plot and avoid the build-up of pests and diseases, Mike Thurlow.

11:30am - It’s not what you grow, it’s how YOU grow come see Annabelle Padwick, Life at No.27, who is inspiring the next generation with her passion for GYO. Listen to her journey and learn tips and new ideas to help you develop YOUR own way of growing that works for you and your soil. With added family fun!

2pm - Allotment Growing Q and A, come and ask National Allotment Society's expert Mike Thurlow about growing healthy fruit and vegetables.

3:30pm -The Year Round Allotment, how to get the most of your allotment plot and keep it productive all year round, Mike Thurlow.

Sunday

10am - Crop Rotation, find out how to keep up the soil fertility on your plot and avoid the build-up of pests and diseases, Mike Thurlow.

11:30am - Allotment Growing Q and A, come and ask National Allotment Society's expert Mike Thurlow about growing healthy fruit and vegetables.

2pm -The Year Round Allotment, how to get the most of your allotment plot and keep it productive all year round, Mike Thurlow.

3:30pm - Allotment Question Time, looking for a plot? Want to form an allotment association? Come and chat to the allotment representatives and find out how it is done.