New Mills Allotment and Gardening Society
Welcome to the New Mills Allotment & Gardening Society
We're lucky! We have two allotment sites being worked, one well established and the other in the early stages of development.
The Society supports members in pursuit of their gardening activities fostering an awareness of the benefits of growing and eating fresh vegetables. Membership is open to any local resident who is interested in gardening, even if they do not wish to rent an allotment.
Our sites are off Ollersett Avenue and a former paddock in Hague Bar. The Ollersett Avenue site was set up in 2005 and has 31 plots. The Hague Bar site was set up in 2010 and is being enthusiastically developed. All 23 plots have now been let.
We have a waiting list for both sites, but if you wish to be added to the list please Contact the society.
FUNDING SUPPORT
FUNDING FOR HAGUE BAR SITE
The society is pleased to announce that it has been awarded grant funding from NDVA (North Derbyshire Voluntary Action), Derbyshire Community Foundation and the New Mills Parade Fund towards development work on the Hague Bar site. The society also acknowledges the continuing support from New Mills Town Council and the advice and expertise from their parks department.
BIG LOTTERY FUND
The society is delighted to announce that their grant application was approved from the Big Lottery Fund for the Wildlife Pond and Garden Project on the Ollersett Avenue site. The grant will enable us to finish the construction of the pond, planting of aquatic marginals and oxygenating plants, clearing and planting the area around the pond with wildflowers and grass and allowing it to become a haven for wildlife and insects and constructing a new dry stone wall between one of the cultivated plots and the pond area.
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