Your allotment how-to guide

Four years ago, Joy Lewty, 62, from Garforth, Leeds, was handed a pack of seeds. That simple gesture set in motion a chain of events that would change her life.

Reader Steve Watkin from County Durham explains why new skills and sustainability make growing such a joy

A neighbour selling off part of their garden can be the ideal solution for a self-build plot, but it comes with caveats

The theme for this year’s National Allotments Week, from 11 to 17 August, is Wellbeing. Five women reveal how their lives have changed for the better by spending time on their plot

Danielle Simpson, sales director at Pye Homes in Oxfordshire, shares her simple but effective insights into how to grow and maintain a mini allotment in your garden this summer, ready to fuel your sal

We are gardening more than ever. According to surveys, over half the population in America and Europe are getting green-fingered, and data shows that numbers are rising. Humans have been creating gard