Useful Links
Below are some links you may find useful.
Allotment Growing
http://www.allotment.org.uk A personal website created to share experiences with other like-minded people, full of useful advice and information
Allotment Holder
www.allotmentholder.com Sign up and add your experiences, photo's and advice for running an allotment plot.
Allotment Regeneration Initiative (ARI)
www.farmgarden.org.uk/ari/ The ARI has put in place a team of volunteer experts to give advice and support to anyone involved in regnerating allotments in the UK.
Allotment tv
www.allotmenttv.co.uk The first free to view broadband TV Channel for allotment gardeners.
Awards for all
www.awardsforall.org.uk (handy if your looking to apply for a grant)
Choose Organic
www.chooseorganic.co.uk Choose Organic was formed to offer a unique reference point on choosing organic products and produce. This site focuses on the growing demand for organic goods and produce. We discuss the benefits and where to find organic products and how you can get organic!
NEW Crediton Garden Share Scheme
http://www.creditonclimateaction.org.uk/Garden%20Share%20Scheme.htm
The Crediton area garden share scheme is being launched in association with Southwest Counties Allotment Association (SWCAA)
Department for Communities and Local Government
www.communities.gov.uk (look on the website for "planning" and "allotment disposal" headings).
www.earthrights.org.uk Earth Rights Solicitors is an environmental law firm that works with individuals and groups, ranging from local campaigns to non-governmental organizations, and green businesses - where appropriate for free or at low cost.
English Nature
www.english-nature.org.uk A new free pamphlet is available entitled Wildlife on Allotments
First Pasture Bookshop
www.firstpasture.co.uk/ specialises in farming, smallholding and kitchen gardening books. The bookshop provides a fully comprehensive stocklist and together with our extensive knowledge and friendly personal service we have an established reputation as leaders in the field.
The Footprint Trust
http://www.footprint-trust.co.uk/index.html The Footprint Trust Ltd is a not-for-profit company and a registered charity, based on the Isle of Wight.We are dedicated to working with the Island's community to promote the benefits of sustainable living. This will be achieved through various projects and activities that raise awareness of all relevant issues, embodying the ideal of "acting locally and thinking globally.
Gardening Unplugged
www.gardeningunplugged.com - Gardening Forum www.gardeningunplugged.com/
www.gardenweb.com The internets garden and home community
www.growveg.com - An innovative garden planning tool which helps you grow fruit and vegetables to the best of their ability, whatever the size or shape of your garden or plot.
Grown Your Own Magazine - The UKs number 1 gardening magazine
www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/
Herb Expert
www.herbexpert.co.uk/ Herb Expert was formed to offer a unique reference point on growing and cooking herbs. Tips on herb gardening, how to cook with herbs and some great recipes for you to try.
Kitchen Garden Magazine
www.kitchengarden.co.uk For all the latest gardening issues.
National Vegetable Society
www.nvsuk.org.uk The National Vegetable Society (NVS) is a charity dedicated to advancing the culture, study and improvement of vegetables offering help and advice to novice and expert show grower alike.
Paignton Home, Garden and Allotment Society
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/paignton_home_garden_and_allotment_society A campaigning society, representing the rights of the plot holder and dedicated to preserving Paignton's precious allotment sites and green spaces.
Pennard Plants
www.pennardplants.com/about.html
Pennard Plants is a small nursery run by owners Chris Smith and Mike Milligan to provide an ever-increasing mix of plants from around the world but especially South Africa and the southern hemisphere. We grow using a soil-based compost and without the use of chemicals wherever possible.
Planning Aid
www.planningaid.rtpi.org.uk Provides free, independent and professional help, advice and support on planning issues to people and communities who cannot afford to hire a planning consultant. Planning Aid complements the work of local authorities but is wholly independent of them.
www.theplantexchange.co.uk This dynamic new website is for all gardening enthusiasts throughout the UK. This site enables gardeners to buy and sell plants and produce out of each others gardens, the plants can be sold for charity.
Public Law Project
www.publiclawproject.org.uk The Public Law Project (PLP) is a national legal charity which aims to improve access to public law remedies for those whose access to justice is restricted by poverty or some other form of disadvantage.
RIVER COTTAGE
www.rivercottage.net For all things Hugh Fernleigh- Whittinstall A website about food, where it comes from, and why that matters.
www.tuckers-seeds.co.uk offer you a unique opportunity to browse through our catalogue online and place your order using our secure site. We hope it will prove a useful point of reference, whether it be for the latest news and information pages or details of how to contact us directly. You will find many old favourites along side the new additions, monthly special offers. Our aim being, to inspire the production of fresh produce from your own patch, whether this is large allotment or containers on a patio.
How to master the art of beekeeping www.ultimatebeekeeping.com
Vegetable Gardens
www.vegetable-gardens.co.uk UK Vegetable Gardening advice. A site dedicated to helping you grow your very own fresh fruits and vegetables. Whatever your experience levels, whether you grow from an allotment or grow in containers you're sure to find some of the very best articles and advise covering the subject of vegetable gardening.
Vegetable seeds.net
www.vegetableseeds.net Based at Cowley Old House Farm, in Preston Bissett, Buckinghamshire. The staff are all keen vegetable growers, passionate about their jobs, and take pride in making sure that seed reaches customers in the best possible condition.
VegetableSeeds.net offers a 100% no quibble guarantee on all seeds, giving you a full refund or replacement seeds. Happy customers are very important to us.