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Edinburgh Allotment Sites

General Allotment Links

  • Scottish Allotments & Gardens Society is a useful source of information regarding news about allotments in Scotland. It also lists the legislation pertaining to allotments, both in Scotland and the UK. If you think your site may be under threat from developers you should get in touch with SAGS immediately.
  • The National Society of Allotments and Gardens represents allotments for the whole of the UK. It links to lots of individual sites, so you can find out what plotholders across Britain are up to (building sheds and drinking tea, mainly).
  • Allotments UK - Allotments UK and other related allotment links.

Gardening Resources

  • Garden Organic for those interested in organic gardening. The Website is excellent, a source of information and inspiration. Previously known as the Henry Doubleday Research Association.
  • The Soil Association has loads of news and information about issues concerning organic gardeners and farmers.
  • Permaculture is an approach that encourages us to organise our gardens (and our lives) to work with nature.
  • Composting is a must for the allotment gardener. You can find out how to go about it here.
  • The National Vegetable Society is a useful organisation to know about. They produce a quarterly bulletin, which Fedaga receives and passes on to site reps from time to time.
  • Royal Horticultural Society Need to know the difference between your cynara cardunculus and your cynara scolymus? Look no further. You have access to a huge database of horticultural information here: fruit and vegetables as well as flowers.
  • BBC gardening The ideal site for browsing around on a rainy day - there's lots of information, it's well presented and easy to follow.
  • Thrive is a charity that promotes gardening and gardening projects to specific groups - mainly disabled, disadvantaged or older people - as a way of making positive changes to their lives.
  • Crocus This is a fantastic Website. Although it's a commercial site (Crocus is a garden-centre chain), there is a huge amount of information- worth adding to your list of favourites.
  • The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is always worth a visit, and the website is a rich resource with news of exhibitions, events and courses.
  • The Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society - the Caley - is another useful site for the horticulturalist.
  • Scotland's National Garden (This website is currently under reconstruction as the garden at Cherrybank, Perth has been forced to close. The National Garden project is stalled as the Lottery grant application was unsuccessful. It is hoped that the project will be revived and in this spirit of optimism we will keep the link in the meantime.)
  • Down Gardening Services gives lots of useful information on weeds and pests. (NEW LINK: 11/03/03)
  • The Vegetable Gardeners Almanac is a program to plan, record and manage everything in your garden/allotment/croft.
  • Seedy People - a new seed exchange scheme has just been started. Save money! Grow more! Make new friends!
  • Plants for a Future - a great site with a massive database of plants and their uses.
  • Blightwatch is a free service to alert subscribers to the presence of Potato Blight in their postcode area. It is supported by the British Potato Council and industry sponsors. Sign up and be prepared. You don't want to lose that precious tattie crop.
  • Bits & Bobs is a social enterprise able to offer large Hessian sacks for storing tatties, waste etc. These are reused and have previously been used to store coffee beans. Some of them are beautifully decorated and would also make nice rugs etc. They are available at £1.50 each or 4 for a fiver. Payment is by cash or cheque on delivery. Bits & Bobs would have to have a minimum order of £30 to cover delivery to anywhere other than Redhall Allotments.

    Orders should be placed directly with Alison. Her email address is: hugow@blueyonder.co.uk

  • Suntrap is a beautiful garden on the west of Edinburgh dedicated to lifelong learning. It is owned by the National Trust for Scotland, administered by Oatridge College and well worth a visit and your support. Here is an interesting blog which also contains some good photographs.
  • Greener Leith is an active "grassroots" organisation lobbying for environmental improvements in Leith. Well worth a visit.


If you have a favourite garden Website that you think should be included here, please send the details and we'll add it to the list.