The Grow Zone

The community allotments at Lingfield Point, Darlington are really starting to look good. As there’s a shortage of good allotments in the town we’ve worked in partnership with Friends of the Earth to find budding gardeners who want to grow their own and provided the land for them to do it.

Everybody is interested in where their food is produced and growing your own fruit and veg is the ultimate feel good experience. We’re creating a sustainable mixed community at Lingfield Point and permanent allotments will be just one of the life enhancing features on offer. One allotment keeper recently summed it up nicely;

‘Keeping allotments used to be the preserve of old men but over the last few years it’s become incredibly popular with young women.  It’s becoming quite trendy with ageing sheds being replaced with pretty painted beach huts. I love being able to go to the allotment and collect vegetables for dinner straight off the plant; there’s nothing better.’

The allotments are available to all so now there’s no excuse for serving up second rate veg!