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by-elections and allotments. - dave macdonald (31st Mar 2009 - 21:38:06) I have a young family in a modern house in the centre of Liphook and like all new houses, almost no garden. I have my name down on the register for an allotment in the parish but find myself at the very far end of a two to three year waiting list. I would really like to hear the views of Dawn and Jeremy on whether you feel the parish council should look for or could release more land for this purpose as it quite clearly is in high demand. How about using the last piece of land on the former o.s.u site until we get the industrial units! p.s First time on this site!

Re: by-elections and allotments. - claire (1st Apr 2009 - 09:10:17) Hi Dave (welcome to the house of fun!!) I have a friend who uses the top of an elderly neighbours large garden in exchange for a bit of salad !!. It may be worth seeing if there is anyone locally who would appreciate a piece of garden being managed in that way. As I see it it is a win win situation!

Re: by-elections and allotments. - Dawn Hoskins (1st Apr 2009 - 09:22:53) Hi there, At the AGM on Monday night they were discussing this point and I believe that land is shortly to be released for this purpose. I think the minutes can be read on-line? I agree that in financially tight times it is of huge benefit to eat what you grow, also fewer chemicals are consumed and almost no carbon footprint is expended in transporting the goods. Plus the fresh air and exercise that you would otherwise not get………. It’s a win win situation as far as I’m concerned! Another way of approaching this is ‘garden sharing’. I know this is happening in some of the London boroughs – it is where a person with a large garden – but not much interest in using it permits someone to plant a veggie patch in return for some green beans or mowing the lawn etc. It works well as the person without much ability / interest saves money on hiring a hedge cutter or mowing person. I wonder if this is a project that could be set up around here as there are a lot of larger properties about – many with older people who are unable to tend their own gardens. I will check to see where the proposed ground will be and post back. Regards, Dawn

Re: by-elections and allotments. - Sumi Olson (1st Apr 2009 - 12:18:36) www.landshare.net Hi Dave The above link is the landshare scheme set up so that people who want to grow on land can link up with people with land. Hugh Fernley Whittingstall and other well-known people are champions of this scheme. Hope it's of use! Landshare aims to give you the chance to be an active, founding participant in an important country-wide initiative to help more people have access to locally grown fruit and vegetables. It has the potential to help enable people across the UK to: • access healthier food • reduce their food bills • reduce their carbon footprint • increase this country’s food security • build greater community spirit • take more pride in their local environment • be more active and healthy • have a lot of fun! How you could get involved in Landshare You can register for Landshare in a variety of roles: Grower You are keen to grow fruit and vegetables either on your own or with other people. Landowner The land you own might be the back garden of your house or a piece of land separate from where you live. It could even be a roof top or car parking space. Land-spotter You are someone who has seen some land in your local area that may be suitable to be used for growing fruit and vegetables. This might be land that appears to be derelict, or land on a property that is being used by people or an organisation who might consider allowing people to access it to grow fruit and vegetables (e.g. space around a local community hall or church). Facilitator You are interested in helping out in your local area by supporting elderly participants and anyone else who might need help to get involved in Landshare. This might be offering to be present at meetings, assist with paperwork, help people who don’t have a computer or computer skills, or even simply be a local contact to give some advice to someone who has never grown fruit and vegetables before. We will provide more information to everyone as to how Landshare would work in practice, including giving you the ability to further specify how you would like to be involved, before any launch of Landshare.

Re: by-elections and allotments. - Dawn Hoskins (3rd Apr 2009 - 09:02:43) Dave The minutes are still not up on the web-site. I will keep checking for you - to find out where the new parcel of land will be. Dawn

Re: by-elections and allotments. - Katy Clarke (3rd Apr 2009 - 13:35:24) Hi Heard a rumour ages ago they were looking at land at Gunns Farm, not sure if this is the place though but thought you may be interested. Katy

Re: by-elections and allotments. - Trudy (3rd Apr 2009 - 22:27:31) Something I would be very interested in too, every time I phone up the council and ask for forms to go on allotment waiting list they never seem to arrive, am I asking the wrong people? My poor back garden is just not big enough for me, who ever thought I would develop such an interest when I bought a house with a small garden. Tru

Re: by-elections and allotments. - Dave MacDonald (4th Apr 2009 - 14:16:17) Trudy, We were unaware that you could request forms from the council, we went into the office in the village where they were more than happy to add our name to the huge list!

Re: by-elections and allotments. - Dave MacDonald (1st May 2009 - 21:51:25) Paid a visit to the pc office yesterday only to find that i'm number thirty nine on the allotment list, the good news is the lady behind the desk informed me that the pc are looking to purchase a plot of land with in the village, she would not let on where other than not gunns farm.

Re: by-elections and allotments. - Matt (3rd May 2009 - 12:23:13) I beleive under local and national law, that if 6 people petition the local (parish) council- that they are under a duty to prove land for allotment purposes. Cool idea, or? Also, check out Hugh Fearnley Whittingsall`s website for allotment ideas- somebody with a massive garden will let you have allotment space in return for some of your crop. I`m looking for a few acres for allotment/ area for children playing, but the horse bridgade have driven the price up too high. If anyone knows of a couple of acres for sale- let me know! Matt

Re: by-elections and allotments. - Paul Robinson (4th May 2009 - 07:52:40) I have a vague recollection that once upon a time there was an allotment site at the rear of 'The Hungry Horse' (Anchor) which was sold to developers, along with a bungalow site, at the top of Longmoor Road, this is now occupied by the small estate known locally as 'Trumpton' due to its multi coloured doors. At the time this transaction was passed a promise was made that the Parish Council would provide alternative allotment space elsewhere in the village. Paul Robinson

Re: by-elections and allotments. - Allan (6th May 2009 - 00:44:09) Paul, Where are they?

Re: Allotments. - Dave MacDonald (16th Jan 2014 - 02:25:24) Just having a look back at this thread and noted that it was started nearly five years ago and still no new allotments!

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