Pergola and Paths Finished!

Well after a month of the committee and other plotters volunteering their weekends to help wherever they could, the communal area with our new Pergola and seating area and newly sown lawn is now finished. The area is looking great and it has totally transformed an area that was overgrown, wild and hard to maintain […]

Beechgrove Garden @ Heathryfold Allotments

Jim McColl and the Beechgrove film crew spent the day with us filming on the allotments and meeting some of the plotters. They were keen to show the diversity we have within the allotments and embracing different cultures and how these cultures differ in their growing techniques. Thanks Beechgrove for choosing our allotments and we hope […]

Hard Core Going Down on Paths

A lot of helpers out today to get the delivery of hard core base into wheelbarrows and spread out around the paths and decking in the communal area. Also made a parking space for the Bucksburn Academy ASN Wing kids to park their mini-bus on next to their plot. Not the easiest of material to […]

Pergola Starts To Take Shape

Another hard few days with Jim Ironside working hard on the construction of the Pergola and other plotters putting up the sarking boards to outline the paths and the central lawn area. Starting to take shape now – going to be a great facility for the plotters!

New Communal Area Cleared

That’s the ground cleared, sprayed and ready to create our new communal area in the centre of the allotments. A lot of hard work to get us to this stage but it will be worth it in the end!

A Day of Work with the Digger

Amazing what you can do in a day with a mini digger! This is how a plot should not be left by a previous owner – the corrugated shed had to go as well. Communal area all cleared and rotovated ready for the next stage and new starter half plots created next to the communal […]

Container Move Day!

So with the better weather now here, it was time to start putting the plan into action to make our new communal area out of what was a piece of waste ground. First task was to get our two storage containers moved to their new homes. First to get moved was the yellow container – […]

Asbestos Garage Removal

So things are never dull on the allotments. The first stage in our plan to make a new communal area started with making room for our blue container and decision was made to demolish the old garage at the entrance to the allotments. It was an eyesore, insecure and had to come down. When we […]