A recent article in the Guardian reports that allotments, weedy corners and fancy gardens are all urban havens for bees and other pollinators, a study has found. Allotments are particularly good places for pollinators because they provide a mix of
West Oxford Grow Your Own & Potato Fair
Following the success of our Potato Fair earlier this year, ODFAA have organised a repeat in January 2019. This is an excellent opportunity to try out different potato varieties as they can be bought by the tuber. This summer Botley
Botley Meadow Polytunnel
Want to grow tender seedlings or heat-loving crops but don’t have a greenhouse? No problem! Why not rent one of the spaces in our new communal polytunnel? All proceeds go towards polytunnel maintenance, other Botley Meadow projects and site maintenance
UK heatwaves lasting twice as long as 50 years ago – Met Office
The Met Office annual UK Climate Report has been updated and shows some interesting statistics that may be of interest to allotmenteers: Warm spells are becoming much more prolonged. From 1961 to 1990, the average longest warm spell each year
ODFAA Talk – Charles Dowding on ‘No Dig’ gardening
‘No-dig gardening, save time and extend the season’ Saturday 3rd November 2018 7.30pm West Oxford Community Centre, Botley Road Admission by TICKET ONLY Tickets , if still available, from John Lardner, 8 Snowdon Mede, Headington, OX3 7TQ More details and
Tree Pruning Course 2018
UPDATE: THE TREE PRUNING COURSE IS NOW FULLY SUBSCRIBED Following the success of the last course we organised, on Saturday, 2 December, from 9.00 to 1.00, a tree pruning expert from Waterperry Gardens will be offering a course on pruning
Annual Rent Renewal
It is rapidly approaching that time of year again to pay your allotment rent for the forthcoming year. There are three opportunities to do so: You can pay your rent at the Association shop (on the Twenty Pound Meadow site)
Late Summer BBQ 2018 at Botley Meadow
We are having our second BBQ of the summer on Sunday August 26th from 1pm onwards. As usual it is a ‘bring and share’ event (we don’t use any of the association funds to cover this) – so please bring
New data protection legislation
On May 25th 2018 the General Data Protection Requirement (GDPR) comes into force – replacing the previous Data Protection Act. GDPR requirements include that members of all organisations need to be made aware of the information held about them, and
Allotment guidance leaflets
A series of hopefully useful leaflets produced by the National Allotment Society have been uploaded to the new Resources for Members page.