Welcome to prospective and current tenants
Hotwells & District Allotments
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Our waiting lists are open.
If you have recently applied for a plot – thank-you for hitting the apply button, but please remember to contact the membership secretary. Your application will not be processed until you do.
Newsletter ↗
Summer news, featuring a note from our new chair, Josh Nesfield and an update on a wildlife project on Alderman Moore’s (click the header to download).
Other newsletters are available in the information area.
The next edition will go out in September. Please let Gill Turner have any contributions by 31st of August.
We welcome relevant contributions from members of HwDAA. You don’t have to produce a polished piece, a few sentences or draft notes are fine. The maximum for any article is 500 words and all items can be edited.
June 2022
Minutes of the 2022 AGM and accounts for the year to 30th September 2021 are available here and on the information page.
May 2022
Alderman Moore’s featured on Gardeners’ World in April. Watch it on iPlayer.
April 2022
Wildlife survey results are now available for all our sites on the information page. The latest ones are for Meadows and Alderman Moore’s
Discounts
Did you know there are garden centre discounts for HwDAA members?
The treasurer can provide proof of
membership which allows tenants to claim 10% discounts on plants at Riverside and Brackenwood garden centres.
Sites
Our Allotments
We have 6 allotment sites around the BS3 area of Bristol
5 near Ashton Court and 1 in Ashton Vale
Maps
Get in touch
Contact Us
Buy seeds and more
Shop
On Alderman Moore’s
Open Saturdays & Sundays 10:30 – 12:00
A selection of what we sell
All at very reasonable prices
- A range of seeds
- Compost
- Fertilisers: blood, fish & bone; growmore, lime
- Ground cover
- Canes
- Tools (new & used)
- Seasonal items: potatoes, onion sets, shallots, garlic
- Watering cans
- Gardening gloves
- Shed maintenance materials
Potato Day
was a great success – thank you to all shop volunteers and committee for organising a fantastic face to face event.
Varieties still available include Kestrel, Charlotte, Pink Fir Apple and plenty of others especially maincrops.
We are sold out of Vivaldi, Colleen and Red Duke of York.
Have a look at the varieties we ordered and their characteristics
Compost on Trust
Loose peat-free compost is delivered to dumps on Alderman Moore’s, Bower Ashton, White City and Kennel Lodge 1.
It’s £4.00 per wheelbarrow load or £39 for a year’s worth (30 barrow loads).
The system is based on trust
It is a great service for tenants and we aim to cover our costs. Please pay for and monitor your own use of compost.
It is for allotment plots only, please don’t bag it up for use off-site.
Payment can be made through BACS to the same bank details as your invoice payment. Use the reference “Your plot number compost”.
If our supply is stopped and we are unable to continue to offer the compost, tenants who have paid for a year’s supply will be offered a pro rata refund.
Have a look at how to use it.
14th January 2022
Onion and shallot sets on sale in the shop.
Onions are £1 for 200g.
Shallots – Yellow Moon and Bitztro – each £2 for 500g.
7th January 2022
The seed racks are restocked and include a bigger range of herbs and flowers this year, as well as some more unusual vegetables like Tree Spinach and Lablab beans.
All seeds are much cheaper than you’ll find at garden centres.
Bagged Compost
Melcourt multi-purpose peat free compost is available in the shop. £7.40 for a 50 litre bag.
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