After a two year break because of the Pandemic, we are delighted to announce that SPAA will be holding an Open Morning on Saturday 14th May 2022 from 11am to 1pm. Our theme this year is the ‘Plotters’ Platinum Party’, celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. …
SPAA’s very own seed swap system, for plotters, is now up and running and ready to use! Harminder has very kindly organised a seed swap area in the open shed. In it, plotters will find a Seed Swap box with sections for packets of seeds. …
As well as a huge variety of fruit and vegetables, plotters are growing flowers to encourage bees and provide some cut flowers to take the colour home. Here are some of those beautiful flowers:
The RHS has launched a Planet-Friendly garden campaign which will be of value to all gardeners. How many of these are you doing? The campaign includes ten easy gardening tasks which will make a real difference to the environment and biodiversity. Tasks include growing fruit, vegetables …
Plot holders gathered for a BBQ Party at the Calico Field site, on the evening of Saturday 24th July 2021, to celebrate TEN years of successfully growing and harvesting fruit and veg across the Allotments. Founded in 2011 by an intrepid group of enthusiastic local …
On Saturday 24th July 2021, SPAA will be celebrating its TENTH Birthday with a BBQ Party at the Calico site from 5pm to 7pm. Following TEN years of successfully growing fruit and veg, the plot-holders and their families will gather to enjoy a BBQ, a …
A group of plot-holders spent a busy morning on 22nd May giving the communal areas of the Allotment a big spring tidy-up. Paths were mown, the polytunnel was swept and weeded and a major effort was put into clearing the significant growth across the plot …
This week the Swallowfield Parish Allotment Association celebrates TEN years since it was opened to plotters. This photo shows the main organisers of SPAA who worked so hard to get the Allotments set up – l to r (back row) Reg Granados, Terry Trinder and …
Spring 2021 has arrived at the Swallowfield Allotment! There is a buzz of activity as plotters clear away the winter debris from their plots, dig over the ground and spread out manure across the beds. Buds are appearing on the fruit trees and brightly coloured …
The SPAA Open Day in 2019 was bursting with our fruit & veg