A 15 part TV series - total playing time of 5.5 hours on 3 DVDs

The Allotment Series was first shown on ITV 1 West. Watch it all here on this 3 DVD set.

Quotes about the Series from allotment holders:

"This series is the definitive celebration of allotments in the 21st century! "
"These programmes are the antidote to designer gardens and all that decking!"
"It's great to see programmes about gardening for real people"
"Relax and grow your own veg!"
"Allotments are the lungs of the city".
"I love my allotment because ….. it keeps me fit, it reminds me of living in Jamaica, Italy, Rumania, Ireland, Oman, Palestine as a child. It keeps me connected with the source of my food, my food bills right down, me out in the air, I learn top tips from my neighbours, I feel part of the land, it helps me stay sane!!"

Review: Read the review (PDF) from John Walker in Kitchen Garden Magazine, November 2005. Download PDF Reader here.

Allotments are in high demand from city dwellers without garden space to "grow your own" vegetables and fruit! This DVD takes the beginner and the experienced allotment holder through the growing seasons, step by step, with useful information and fun!

Experienced allotment holder, David Cemlyn, demonstrates how he gets the best from his plot and steers beginners - the Bailey family - through their first year on the allotment right from choosing and clearing their plot. Meanwhile, award winning head gardener, Jane Moore, visits experienced plotters who share the secrets of their success.

Our allotmenteers build a new shed, find out what goes on in existing sheds, re-construct a second hand greenhouse, make compost and have manure delivered. They grow every thing from carrots to asparagus and butternut squash, from garlic to giant cabbage and prize winning pumpkins, and from plums and peaches to apples and figs. We answer thorny horticultural questions from watering in a drought, saving seed, and how do gardening and art relate in these delightful and productive leisure gardens.

The DVD shows how allotments can be farmed collectively and produce traded as part of the Stroud LETS scheme. We receive invaluable advice on soil health and organic growing from Patrick Holford of The Soil Association and discover what makes an award winning allotment from the Allotments Officer before the winning plots are celebrated at the local flower show. We find Heath Robinson techniques for maintaining a water supply in high summer and a permaculture specialist teaches us how to harvest abundant colourful, organic and nutritious crops all through the year. We visit allotments with chickens, rare sheep, horses, rabbits and bees, witness performance art and painting, help with skip-raiding and recycling and cookouts.

Allotment holders love their plots for the fresh air, healthy exercise, organic fruit and vegetables, supportive friendship networks and knowledge of where their food comes from they get when they grow their own.

On this DVD more than twenty experienced allotmenteers, and a few beginners, reveal all about growing great fruit, vegetables and beautiful flowers. From 90 year old Harry, cultivating the same plot for 57 years, to the Bailey family working hard for great success in their first year, and 13 year old Aaron who keeps animals and grows vegetables. They all feature in The Allotment

THE ALLOTMENT SERIES was first shown on ITV 1 West


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