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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.

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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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    PORBELLA

    Produces heavy yields of sturdy, upright, pure white, thick stems with dark green leaves. Has excellent winter hardiness and can be lifted from October through to February.

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    IGLOO

    Igloo Cauliflower is an early variety with good, clean, white heads. Specially bred for close planting to produce mini-cauliflowers or at wider spacing for larger heads.

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    NORWICH

    This 'second early' Nantes-type hybrid is simply delicious! The smooth, cylindrical roots, up to 8in in length, have an excellent colour and very little core. Strong top growth makes lifting the roots easy, and the plants are remarkable for their health and vigour.

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    MONEY MAKER

    (Indeterminate) An old favourite that is easy to grow and gives a good crop of medium sized fruits with good flavour. Can be grown in the greenhouse or outdoors.

Seedlings

Jobs for this Month - April

  1. Earth up first early potatoes and plant out second early and main crop potatoes

  2. Sow french beans and runner beans indoors in 3” pots.

  3. Transplant seedlings of leeks, onions and early summer cabbages and protect with cloches.

  4. Sow Swiss chard, beetroot, autumn cabbages, celeriac, peas, radishes, early lettuce, turnips and swedes direct outside.