Excitement is growing for
Allotment Fortnight!
SEFTON Council's Parks and Green Spaces
Team have been busy sprouting plans for a 2 week celebration of all things
allotments between 25 September 2017 25 and 8 October 2017. Working along side
self managed sites, Allotment Fortnight will highlight various community
projects, activities and food bank donation schemes across a number of
allotments in the borough. Community open days will take place at 14 allotments,
including:- Altcar Road in Formby, Scape Lane Crosby, Beach Road Litherland and
Gardener Avenue, Bootle.
Cllr Ian Moncur, Sefton Council's Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing,
said:- "The Allotment Fortnight is a great way for us to really celebrate
our fantastic communities and the work they do at allotments all across Sefton.
We have more than 1,700 allotment plots over 14 sites across Sefton so they
really are the cream of the crop! During Allotment Fortnight residents are
invited to come down between 10.30am and 2.30pm, on each open day and learn more
about the sheer wealth of what we do at our sites. Council staff will be on hand
throughout all the sites to meet with tenants and those interested in getting
more involved with our allotments scheme. We'll also be running a number of food
bank collection points during each open day where we encourage anyone with spare
fruit, vegetables and produce they may have grown to donate to a local good
cause. Our allotments are not just about growing fruit and veg. They are a
brilliant community resource."
If you are a resident of Sefton and would like to rent an allotment call 0151
934 2943 for more information. Spaces are currently readily available at Browns
Lane in Netherton.
The full list of locations are as
follows:-
Location |
Town / Village |
Date |
Altcar
Road |
Formby |
25
September 2017 |
Blundell
Lane |
Southport |
65
September 2017 |
Dunningsbridge Road |
Bootle |
27
September 2017 |
Scape
Lane |
Crosby |
27
September 2017 |
Birkdale
Irrigation |
Birkdale |
28
September 2017 |
Hatton
Hill |
Litherland |
29
September 2017 |
Hoggs
Hill |
Formby |
1
October 2017 |
Sherwood
Road |
Crosby |
2
October 2017 |
Moss
Lane |
Southport |
3
October 2017 |
Browns
Lane |
Netherton |
4
October 2017 |
Town
Lane |
Southport |
5
October 2017 |
Beach
Road |
Litherland |
6
October 2017 |
Queensway |
Crosby |
7
October 2017 |
Gardener
Avenue |
Bootle |
8
October 2017 |
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