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Addiscombe Woodside & Shirley Leisure Gardens

Annual Show - Sunday 6th September, see: News/Newsletters

Annual Show Schedule, Regulations and Entry Form

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    Forms

    The new place to find all our current forms

  • Allotment plot

    Renting a Plot

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

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    Trading Hut

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


Growing Guides

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    PURPLE SPROUTING

    An extremely easy to grow hardy winter vegetable which crops when little else is available in the garden. Sturdy 12-18in plants produce a heavy crop of tasty purple heads and young leaves (which turn green when cooked) during late winter/early Spring.

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    CHAMPION OF ENGLAND

    The highly productive plants can climb to an impressive 3m/10ft tall and produce masses of pods, each containing 8-10 delicious peas.

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    SAN MARZANO

    (Semi-determinate) San Marzano is the classic Italian plum tomato, used all over the world for making sauces, especially Passata due to it's dry and meaty nature. This prolific tomato will grow in a greenhouse as well as outside and is quick to ripen and crops over a long period.

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    BARCELONA

    The large, succulent heads of this premium quality iceberg lettuce have strong resistance to tipburn, green lettuce aphid and all known races of downy mildew. Its flavour is equally impressive!

Spring bulbs

Jobs for this Month - September

  1. Plant spring bulbs in borders and pots.

  2. Save ripe seeds from crops in brown paper bags or envelopes for sowing next year.

  3. Plant out spring cabbage seedlings for them to over-winter.

  4. Cure pumpkins and squashes by leaving them exposed to the sun.