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

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.

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

Andrew Oldham is busy bringing together vegetables and flowers to make the most of a sloping site

As July unfolds in the UK, the allotment is typically bursting with life and for people like us who love to grow their own food, we are now finally seeing the rewards of all those hours that we put in

Campaign urges government and councils to ramp up community food growing, reports Ian Hodgson