Opening hours
The shop on our allotment site opens on Sunday mornings:
- mid-Feb—March: 10.00-12.00
- April—July: 11.00-12.00
- Sept—Nov: 11.00-12-00
- August, December & January: Closed
NO CASH – we can only handle card payments. Minimum spend: £5.
It is staffed by volunteers, some of whom are on the committee, so is a good place to find us if you need to speak to someone about your plot/the site. It normally sells seeds, fertilisers of various kinds, and garden sundries including woven black plastic mulch. See below for a rough idea of what is stocked.
Shop Stock – 2025
This is not a complete list, but gives an idea if what is usually available:-
| Category | For example |
| Seeds & Bulbs | Broad Beans: Aquadulce Dwarf beans: Amethyst, Faraday Climbing beans: Borlotti, Cobra, Cosse Violette, Hunter, Sunshine Runner beans: Jackpot mix (dwarf variety), Painted Lady, Tenderstar Peas: Alderman (tall), Douce de Provence, Hurst Green Shaft, Kelvedon Wonder, Meteor Mangetout: Carouby de Maussane, Oregon Sugar Pod Something new: Asparagus peas, Yard Long beans Vegetables — many old favourites and some less common varieties Salad leaves, Lettuce, Spring onions, Radishes, Tomatoes, Herbs Green manures: Alfalfa, Buckwheat, Crimson clover, Grazing rye, Mustard, Over Winter Mix, Phacelia, Summer Mix, Tares (vetch), Trefoil, White clover. FLOWERS: an assortment of old favourites for attracting pollinators, sowing as companion plants, and for brightening your plot |
| Seed potatoes | Stock is normally on sale from mid-February. |
| Canes | 4ft, 6ft, 8ft |
| Soil improvers | Mixed horse manure and composts in 70 litre bags Peat-free compost Blood, fish & bone meal Calcified seaweed Chicken manure pellets Maxicrop liquid feed General fertiliser Sulphate of potash Biochar Volcanic rock dust Garden lime Perlite Sharp sand |
| Pest Control | Ant killer Moth traps Slug bait (contains Ferric Phosphate) |
| Crop protection | Fleece Butterfly netting Green netting Enviromesh |
| Ground cover | Woven plastic ground cover 3.3m wide (Mypex) |
| Miscellaneous | Twine Ground staples Buckets |