Allotments Regeneration Initiative

The ARI has a very good resources section on its website, with factsheets on: fundraising, grants and income generation, health and safety, affordable toilets, and lots more! You can also download a very useful 17-page pdf of 'Allotments: a Plot Holders Guide' for free.

Allotment Vegetable Growing

A useful website with lots of articles and advice on growing. The information can be hard to find, however, as it is not very well organised.

Growing in the community: a good practice guide for the management of allotments

A best-selling resource for allotment officers and associations published by the Local Government Association to provide an update on the policy framework, legislation and practice affecting allotment gardening.

The guide contains a wealth of innovative and interesting practice and also identifies the main issues for allotment officers and societies, together with tips on how to overcome the challenges they are facing.

Cost £25. Order from the LGA website.

Allotments Toolkit

Available on the Food Vision Website.

If you have any resources or sources of information for allotment projects, please email them to: louisa@freshideas.org.uk