“it really is like an airbnb for gardens”

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

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

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

The harvests are now coming in thick and fast. A quick check of last year’s records show that we gathered 150 per cent more in July than June; a significant contribution being greengages on the allotm

By now, you’ve hopefully harvested your first full trug of assorted produce and are feeling pleased with all the effort you put in back in late winter and spring