Useful Links

Below are some links you may find useful

All About Allotments

http://www.allaboutallotments.co.uk/

A single website that provides hundreds of links to anything and everything to do with allotment gardening.
 

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

Arena Flowers

Arena Flowers.com

The ultimate guide to Beekeeping.

Awards for all

www.awardsforall.org.uk

(handy if you're looking to apply for a grant)

Bee Proof Suits

www.beeproofsuits.com

Online retailer of beekeeper's clothing. Bee Proof Suits range includes full protective bee suits and separate jackets and trousers. All orders delivered free.

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!

Department for Communities and Local Government

www.communities.gov.uk

(look on the website for "planning" and "allotment disposal" headings).

The Footprint Trust

www.footprint-trust.co.uk

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.

Fyne Herbs

fyneherbs.co.uk

Fyne herbs are a specilaist online seller of garden ready herb plants and plant gift collections.  Themed herb gift collections include biodegradable pots, wooden labels, herb snips and growing guide. Our fyne mission is to educate and inspire gardeners to grow their own herbs for culinary, medicinal and cosmetic use and their bee and butterfly attracting awesomeness. We want to encourage people to send living herbs, not dying flower bouquets as gifts. UK wide delivery. Use code SWCAA15 to get a 15% discount.

Garden Fresco

www.gardenfresco.co.uk

Easy to follow step-by-step guides on growing fruit and vegetables, with lots of pictures and top tips!  Our guides offer practical advice to both new and seasoned gardeners.

Grow Veg

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

www.growfruitandveg.co.uk

The UKs number 1 gardening magazine.

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.

Mother Earth's Minerals

www.motherearthsminerals.co.uk

Natures Soil Enhancer.  Cranleigh House, Combe Martin, North Devon, EX34 0EP phone 01271 889325 e-mail bjhurleymotherearthsminerals@lavabit.com

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.

Natsol

www.natsol.co.uk

Nationwide suppliers of water free, power free, chemical free toilet facilities to allotments. Specially designed system functions year round in the UK climate. Available with sturdy, spacious, traditional buildings to blend in to rural or urban environments. Wheelchair accessible. Supportive and helpful team

Natural England

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/natural-england

Pennard Plants

www.pennardplants.com

Pennard Plants situated in a Victorian Walled Garden in rural Somerset offer a wide range of Heritage and Heirloom (open-pollinated) vegetable seeds alongside and increasing range of edible plants from Apples to Wasabi from Earth Chestnut to Japanese Ginger.  All are listed on our website at www.pennardplants.com

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.

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.

Street Chrysanthemum, Dahlia and Vegetable Society

www.streetcdvs.org.uk

Founded in 1949 by a group of keen flower growers.

VeggieHarvest.com

www.veggieharvest.com

VeggieHarvest is an informational website to provide a definitive resource for all of your vegetable and herb gardening needs.  Whether you're an accomplished green thumb or a very green novice, whether you have several acres of land, or only a small patch to cultivate, delicious nutritional vegetables are as close as your backyard.