What a great Open Day we had today in supporting the National Garden Scheme.
Thank you to everyone who visited our allotments and helped raise funds for great charities.
A massive thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers for their time, effort and support.
We will be opening our gates to the wider community again on July 24th.
We are thrilled to announce that ARDAA has been invited to open its gate to paying members of the public to support the National Garden Scheme in 2021!
The open days will be between 10:30am and 3:30pm on Saturday 1st May and on Saturday 24th July 2021.
Admission is by pre-booked ticket only from https://ngs.org.uk/view-garden/42170
What is the National Garden Scheme?
The NGS is a charity that raises money for nursing and health charities by giving access to 3,500 exceptional private gardens in England and Wales. Money is raised via admissions, teas and cake.
Why are we participating?
It’s an opportunity to raise money for a very good cause (and hopefully make a little bit for the Association) as well as dispel a few myths about allotments by showing what a modern, forward thinking site looks like. We think our site is something special and so do NGS!
Please Note
if you are not a Member of ARDAA you will only be able to access the site on these days by purchasing a ticket from NGS. Stewards on the gate will have a list of Members.
Cars will not be permitted on site on either day. Parking will be available thanks to the University of Derby at their Britania Mill site, just next door to the allotments. Additional free parking is available on Mackworth Road at weekends.
Good News!
Once again we are growing plants to sell and raise money for our Allotment Association!
We can promise you:
Look out for further information
It’s too early to sell you anything yet but please think about supporting your allotment community before you buy from garden centres and other retailers.
The Association has three types of Membership grade:
As a Member you can:
We would encourage anyone who is a regular visitor to site to become a Member.
The fee for this grade is £5 per calendar year. However, at the moment we are in the process of changing our Membership and Tenancy year to begin in October. Therefore, the membership fee is currently £3.75.
To get details of how to join please email secretary [at] araa.org.uk.
As an Associate you can:
The fee for this grade is £1. Membership Agreement forms are available from the Shop.
We are very lucky to have a number of local business partners without whom many of the projects the Association has completed in recent years would have taken longer, cost more or simply would have not started. If your organisation is interested in becoming a Corporate Member please email corporate [at] araa.org.uk.
We are very proud to see our Growing Academy feature in the latest publication of The Office International du Coin de Terre et des Jardins Familiaux, a union of the national allotment and leisure garden federations from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great-Britain, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.
The phenomenal contribution that G F Tomlinson have made to our allotment community has contributed to them being recognised as a leader in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
CSR Accreditation is a nationally recognised body that awards Bronze, Silver and Gold accreditations to businesses that can demonstrate a positive impact on society through areas such as social, environmental, ethical, human rights and consumer concerns.
Recognised as being on the highest end of the scale, G F Tomlinson was awarded the Gold standard in the CSR Accreditation’s judging criteria, and since 2013, G F Tomlinson has followed a refined social value policy, ensuring its activities are in accordance with the Social Value Act 2012.
For more details see http://www.gftomlinson.co.uk/g-f-tomlinson-secures-gold-csr-accreditation/.
Congratulations G F Tomlinson, so very well deserved.
To keep everyone as safe as possible during these difficult times, please follow these basic rules:
We’re all in this together, let’s come out of it together. Stay safe and stay well.
We are thrilled and delighted to announce that our beautiful allotments will be supporting the National Garden Scheme in 2021 on Saturday 1st May and 24th July. The first Derby City Council site to achieve such an accolade and allowing us the opportunity to support other charities doing what we love - plotting on plots (and talking!) 
We are now in lockdown again. Whilst we are allowed to visit our allotments please ensure you follow the same rules as apply outside the gate.
PLEASE RESPECT SOCIAL DISTANCING
Thank you
From Ian Stewart
Should anyone want raspberry, strawberry, blackcurrant fruit stock etc, at
least try www.swanleyvillagevegetables.co.uk. it is a nursery with certified
stock that is very cheap; 10 bare root strawberries for £2.99 for example.
26/10/2020
