Addiscombe Woodside & Shirley Leisure Gardens

Social Event - BBQ, cakes, drinks and the opportunity to meet others on Monday 4th May (Bank Holiday)

More details will follow soon, but for now please save the date.

Forms

The new place to find all our current forms
Renting a Plot

Looking to rent an allotment plot? Look here for more information
Trading Hut

The trading hut is open to our plot holders and green finger members

Growing Guides

LONGOR

An excellent elongated banana-type variety with copper coloured skins and pink flesh. Each organic shallot yields 6-8 bulbs at harvest. Very easy to peel and slice. Great tasting sweet flavour! Harvest June-September.
MARIS PIPER

A reliable general purpose choice producing tubers that show good resistance to eelworm and are a national favourite. Great beginner variety. Colour - white. Shape - oval. Boil, steam, mash, chip, saute, bake or roast.
LOLLA ROSSA

The classic red-leaved, fringed cut-and come-again lettuce, it looks good growing in patio pots. A 'must' for the summer salad bowl. Pick whole heads or a few leaves at a time. It has great flavour too!
DELIKATES

A very tasty patty pan squash, which produces plenty of white-skinned fruits that can be treated like courgettes. If left to grow larger, hollow out the seed cavity and stuff with a favourite savoury filling and bake. The plants resist powdery mildew well, so stay productive longer.

Harden off and begin planting out indoor raised seedlings; protect susceptible plants from slugs and snails.
Sow french beans, runner beans, carrots, cabbages, beetroots and salad crops outdoors - protected with cloches or fleece if frosts threaten.
Plant any remaining seed potatoes and earth-up shoots of growing potatoe plants.
Tie in peas to sticks or canes; pinch out tips of early broad beans to discourage aphids.