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I got my 5 rod plot in October last year (2014)
Fareham has three Allotment sites all part of the same group.
The total cost for my first year is £28.75
Cost breakdown is as follows:
£2.65 per rod = £13.75
Key Deposit = £14.00
Subs = £1.00 (Although not sure what that's actually for)
What we get:
- Our own onsite car park with locking gates.
- 1 flush toilet & sink fully stocked with loo roll, soap, cleaning equipment, paper towels, waste bin. All contained in it's own small building with electric light and frosted windows (no curtains though), again fully lockable.
- Large very well equipped shop open weekends from 8am till 12 midday. Lots of provisions at great cheap prices.
- Allowed to have a shed and greenhouse each must be no bigger than 6 x 8 foot. (Some plots have two sheds with a gap between them. The owners have then put a roof over the top and panelled in the back with pallets. Then made two swing open doors on the front. The whole thing when closed up is one huge storage area lol)
- Free water courtesy of Fareham Borough Council (although this may be changing in 2016) with taps sited around the whole site with large containers underneath. No plot is more than 4 plots away from a tap. We DO have to keep the containers under the taps filled with water. Not such a hardship really.
- A large area where every so often compost / manure / leaves get put in there and you can help yourself. Unless the 'Private' sign is displayed, then it's hands off people lol.
- The whole site is enclosed by a sturdy fence and surrounded by trees and woodland. I'm right at the back of the site next to the boundary fence. The other side of which is a few trees then quite a wide stream / small river. Then woodland, only used by dog walkers.
- Very friendly, helpful and knowledgeable plot holders who are great to chat with. But don't keep nattering for very long.
- 12 months a year access whenever we want.
- At this time of year the beautiful sounds of nature, and peace and quiet (ok so the odd train goes past every so often, but even that just blends into the surroundings)
- A fantastic escape from people, work and the computer.
- A great site manager too.
What we don't get:
- A clubhouse
- Any form of social activity apart from the AGM (which is in November, and was very funny to attend. Lots of bickering among a few plot holders who don't like how things are run, yet won't put themselves forward for the committee so they can make changes.)
- Any form of website / forum for just the Fareham plot holders to chat among ourselves, which could be useful as Fareham has the three allotment sites plus the gardens side of things. I think the gardens bit is people who use their own gardens either as allotments or for growing flowers and then opening up their gardens for charity.
So on the whole, and from reading what other people have put ...... WOW ... I am very lucky.
(Edit: I thought this was my 50th post. Dammit!!! I mis-counted my post count. I so wanted my 50th post to be meaningful. Oops)
Fareham has three Allotment sites all part of the same group.
The total cost for my first year is £28.75
Cost breakdown is as follows:
£2.65 per rod = £13.75
Key Deposit = £14.00
Subs = £1.00 (Although not sure what that's actually for)
What we get:
- Our own onsite car park with locking gates.
- 1 flush toilet & sink fully stocked with loo roll, soap, cleaning equipment, paper towels, waste bin. All contained in it's own small building with electric light and frosted windows (no curtains though), again fully lockable.
- Large very well equipped shop open weekends from 8am till 12 midday. Lots of provisions at great cheap prices.
- Allowed to have a shed and greenhouse each must be no bigger than 6 x 8 foot. (Some plots have two sheds with a gap between them. The owners have then put a roof over the top and panelled in the back with pallets. Then made two swing open doors on the front. The whole thing when closed up is one huge storage area lol)
- Free water courtesy of Fareham Borough Council (although this may be changing in 2016) with taps sited around the whole site with large containers underneath. No plot is more than 4 plots away from a tap. We DO have to keep the containers under the taps filled with water. Not such a hardship really.
- A large area where every so often compost / manure / leaves get put in there and you can help yourself. Unless the 'Private' sign is displayed, then it's hands off people lol.
- The whole site is enclosed by a sturdy fence and surrounded by trees and woodland. I'm right at the back of the site next to the boundary fence. The other side of which is a few trees then quite a wide stream / small river. Then woodland, only used by dog walkers.
- Very friendly, helpful and knowledgeable plot holders who are great to chat with. But don't keep nattering for very long.
- 12 months a year access whenever we want.
- At this time of year the beautiful sounds of nature, and peace and quiet (ok so the odd train goes past every so often, but even that just blends into the surroundings)
- A fantastic escape from people, work and the computer.
- A great site manager too.
What we don't get:
- A clubhouse
- Any form of social activity apart from the AGM (which is in November, and was very funny to attend. Lots of bickering among a few plot holders who don't like how things are run, yet won't put themselves forward for the committee so they can make changes.)
- Any form of website / forum for just the Fareham plot holders to chat among ourselves, which could be useful as Fareham has the three allotment sites plus the gardens side of things. I think the gardens bit is people who use their own gardens either as allotments or for growing flowers and then opening up their gardens for charity.
So on the whole, and from reading what other people have put ...... WOW ... I am very lucky.
(Edit: I thought this was my 50th post. Dammit!!! I mis-counted my post count. I so wanted my 50th post to be meaningful. Oops)
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