Page 54 - ALG Issue 3 2022

West Midlands
Shropshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Warwickshire
REPRESENTATIVE
Mr Tom Terrence
17 Stonefield Close, Walsgrave Keep, Walsgrave, Warks CV2 2PZ 024 7662 1350 tterrence@btinternet.com
Eastern
MENTOR
Colin Bedford
West Midlands
07592 822195 cbedford.nas@gmail.com
Welcome to our new members...
Bidford on Avon Allotment Association Brownshill Green Road
Canalside Allotment Society
Gospel Lane Allotment Associationro Siddeley Avenue Allotment Association
6 Individuals
1 Landowner
Hagley Parish Council
Studley Parish Council
Brook Primary School
Cawston Grange Primary School
Welcome to our new members...
Datchworth Allotment Association Kings Test Page
8 Individuals
Thorpe Le Soken Parish Council Whittlesford Parish Council National Autistic Society Radlett Lodge School
Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Essex, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire
REPRESENTATIVE
Mr Ray How
5 Dalys Road, Rochford, Essex SS4 1RA
07720 719224 ray.how@btopenworld.com
It is mid-May, and we are enjoying unusually warm weather. Most plants are doing well, and allotments are buzzing with keen gardeners tending their plots. What a great sight!
However, many sites are still under threat of being lost to developers. It is very important to keep allotments going and make sure that they all become Assets of Community Value.
I had the pleasure of being invited to attend the AGM of one of our new Allotment Association Members. On a damp but warm Sunday I travelled to Northchurch Allotment Association, near Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. It was great to see many enthusiastic members, all with different ways
of tending their plots and growing. Many exciting ideas were suggested, especially on the social front. I hope that I will be invited back.
I have received notification that theft and vandalism is on the up again in our
South East
Surrey, Kent, West Sussex and East Sussex
REPRESENTATIVE
Vacant
Contact natsoc@nsalg.org.uk if interested in the position
MENTOR
Mark Vincent mvincent.nas@gmail.com
region. It is sad that personal property is not safe. However, the best advice is to not leave valuable tools or equipment on your plots. Any tools, that are left in sheds, should be security marked with your post code and also take photos
of any tools or equipment kept on the allotment.
As you know, we do not currently have a secretary for our region. If you are interested in taking on this role, please contact me and we can have a chat about the position.
Let us hope that this summer is good for all gardeners and for the health of everyone.
Please support our region and help it grow stronger.
Ray How, Regional Rep Eastern Region
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54 Allotment and Leisure Gardener
MENTOR
Paul Neary
South East
0845 313 8422 pneary.nas@gmail.com
MENTOR
Andrew Bird
Kent
0845 313 8462 abird.nas@gmail.com
Welcome to our new members...
Temple Lane Allotments 5 Individuals
Aylesford Parish Council Ringwould with Kingsdown Parish Council