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The Scottish Allotments &
Gardens Society is a useful source of information regarding
news about allotments in Scotland. It also lists the legislation
pertaining to allotments, both in Scotland and the UK. If you think
your site may be under threat from developers you should get in
touch with SAGS immediately.
The National Society of
Allotments and Gardens represents allotments for the
whole of the UK. It links to lots of individual sites, so you can
find out what plotholders across Britain are up to
(building sheds and drinking tea, mainly).
Allotments UK - Allotments UK and other related allotment links.
Allotments
Regeneration Initiative - Partnership of various organisations aiming to get more individuals and groups involved in allotments.(NEW LINK: 27/02/04)
Henry Doubleday Research Association
for those interested in organic gardening. The Website is
excellent, a source of information and inspiration.
The Soil Association
Loads of news and information about issues concerning organic
gardeners and farmers.
Permaculture
is an approach that encourages us to organise our gardens
(and our lives) to work with nature.
Composting is a must for the allotment gardener.
You can find out how to go about it here.
The National Vegetable Society is a useful organisation to
know about. They produce a quarterly bulletin, which
Fedaga receives and passes on to site reps from time to time.
Royal Horticultural Society Need to know the difference
between your cynara cardunculus
and your cynara scolymus? Look no further. You have access to
a huge database of horticultural information here: fruit and
vegetables as well as flowers.
BBC gardening
The ideal site for browsing around on a rainy day -
there's lots of information, it's well presented and easy to follow.
Thrive is a charity
that promotes gardening and gardening projects to specific groups - mainly disabled, disadvantaged or older people - as a way of making positive changes to their lives.
Crocus This is a fantastic
Website. Although it's a commercial site (Crocus is a
garden-centre chain), there is a huge amount of information
- worth adding to your list of favourites.
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is always worth a visit, and the website is a rich resource with news of exhibitions, events and courses. (NEW LINK: 29.10.2005)
The Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society - the Caley -
Scotland's National Garden at Cherrybank
near Perth can now be visited online. (NEW LINK: 29.10.2005)
Down Gardening Services gives lots of useful information on weeds and pests.
(NEW LINK: 11/03/03)
The Vegetable Gardeners Almanac
is a program to plan, record and manage everything in your
garden/allotment/croft. Whether you grow for pleasure
or profit the program can help you plan ahead and,
most importantly, record everything you do in the
garden.
The program includes lots of useful features, such as
crop rotation checking, seasonal reports, crop
histories, plant selection for different soils and
lighting conditions, etc.
As well as cultivation instructions for over 150
vegetables and herbs, the program also includes
recipes to cook the veg once they are grown.
For the rest of January the software is on special
offer to FEDAGA members. To claim your 20% discount
enter this code: FEDAGA20 on the VGA site when
ordering. (NEW LINK: 08/01/2007)
Bridgend Allotment is now electronic
as well as organic! The website is still a work in progress but promises to be a useful
resource for all allotmenteers. (NEW LINK: 26/01/07)
Also, Inverleith Allotments
and Ferry Road Allotments
are now online. If there are other Edinburgh and District sites with their own websites,
please send details. (05/11/07)
Seedy People - a new seed exchange scheme has just been started.
Save money! Grow more! Make new friends! (08/03/07)
If you have a favourite garden Website that you think should
be included here, please
send the details
and we'll add it to the list.
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