Falmouth and District Allotments and Gardens Society

This was a great success with over 40 members exhibiting their produce and with nearly 300 items exhibited. The raffle and auction were well supported and it was great that so many people came along. Photos will be published shortly and in the coming newsletter with the list of winners.

Thanks to the generous support of Cormac and the persuasive powers and Tom Greenaway the land has been cleared and is available for use. This will be a new dumping area for seaweed and manure and enable the entrance to site B to be developed. Thanks also to John Muir who with Tom oversaw the works.

We'll start at 4pm. As always everyone is welcome. Please bring your own burgers etc which will be cooked for you. Please also bring something for the Share Table. Soft drinks are provided. There will be some musical entertainment as well!

This is available free of charge from Jan Golding in Falmouth. But you will need to go and collect it. j.golding1@btopenworld.com or 01326 377117 (thanks to Traci French on A site)

The classes have been agreed by the committee and an outline of the schedule may be viewed on the Events - Summer Show page. A full schedule will be published in the summer.

My name is Simon White. I am a mature student at Falmouth University studying photography. My final term's work will be a series of portraits of allotment owners. If anyone is interested in helping me out and having their photo taken please contact me on 07970 713193 or simon@simonwhitephotography.com   . Here are the links to my websites: http://www.simonscottwhite.com http://www.simonwhitephotography.com

These are available from the clubhouse on Saturday mornings, but may also be downloaded here. Allotment Holder's Handbook 2014 - Advice Guidance and Regulations

Falmouth Packet March 2014

This has been just emailed out. If you didn't get it or are not on email, you may collect one from the clubhouse.

We have had yet another great show which was well attended with nearly 40 exhibitors and with new trophies. Slide shows are my be viewed in the left hand column. Many thanks to the Show Committee and to the helpers who contributed to success of the event. Falmouth Packet Account of 2013 Show West Briton Account 2013

We're halfway through our developments thanks to the support of the Big Lottery and Falmouth Town Council. The installation of more taps and improved groundworks to the entrance to A site, including an improved picnic area in front of the clubhouse have now been completed. These have received very positive comments from society members. The clubhouse extension has been completed, again to much praise for the contractor Don Ashworth. Thanks to the Friday Morning Team for applying the preservative. Many, many thanks also to Abi, Shirley, Andrea, Zoe and John for decorating the ceiling. It really makes it our special place. It has already been put to good use in entertaining the judges for the National Britain in Bloom judging.

An invitation was issued to allotments in the Falmouth area from The Stithians Show Secretary and the sponsoring local solicitors, Hine Downing to enter a new class at the Stithians Show this year. It was a closed section which only allotment members were was able to enter. Despite the feeling that perhaps our entries were not of the highest standards associated with Stithians Show we presented ourselves very well. Thanks due to Sally and Grant Mather and Beryl and Tom Greenaway for the time they spent at the showground setting out our entries. We are grateful to Hine Downing for sponsoring this event and providing cash prizes for our members. The prizes collected by members were as follows: Stithian Show awards First Prizes: Grant Mather, George Pentecost, Wendy Aitcheson, Robin Waddling, Shirley Burley and Tom Greenaway. Second Prizes Jennifer Waddling, John Muir, Tom Greenaway and Jimmy Deignan Third Prizes Robin Waddling, Wendy Aitcheson and Sally Mather. ...

Don't forget - Saturday 10th August! Lot's of different sections including a novice section and a junior section. There are some new classes this year and new trophies thanks to the generous support of local businesses. The schedule is now available from the clubhouse on a Saturday morning or may be downloaded from here. Summer Show Schedule 2013 Entry form 2013

Has been emailed out to allotment holders. Also available for collection from the clubhouse on Saturday mornings. Also on our Newsletter page. Useful information. Details of the coming shows. The local companies who have generously provided us with new trophies for our show (see also Sponsors and Adverts page): Bailey's Country Stores    Blue Flame      Hine Downing Solicitors     Julians Timber and Building Merchants

The Big Lottery has now transferred the funding of £7,500 to enable us improve our site and facilities. The generous support of Falmouth Town Council of £1,000; Falmouth Fire Station with £250 and Marlborough School with £100 is also very much appreciated. The support of the Town Council gave great credibility to our bid.

Molly McBeen She is one of the undergraduate students who is using our allotments to support her studies. Please see our Artist in Residence page if you would like to have your plot sketched or painted.

The Town Clerk, Mr Mark Williams, informed the committee that Falmouth Town Council provided awards for worthy causes. So it was decided to submit a bid for £1000 towards the replacement school and community shed, the extra taps, the groundworks to A site, improved security and extending the clubhouse. These are all items in our current Big Lottery bid. The council agreed to support these fully which is great news and shows the great strength of support for our allotments amongst our local councillors. This generous act should hopefully impress the Awards for All, Big Lottery officials and enable us to secure funding that will make an enormous difference to our allotments. Article in Falmouth Packet 20 March 2013 Article in The West Briton 20 March 2013 Falmouth Fire Service Also Supports Our Allotments Following the successful fireworks display of last November, the Fire Station crew were able to offer awards for community projects. We were delighted that we were awarded £250 to...

Following our request in the Feb newsletter, Keelan on C Site has volunteered to look after the petrol strimmer. He may contacted to arrange a convenient time for its use. Details on Newsletter/Service page. Many thanks Keelan.

Do you want to boost your tomato crop and improve the yield and quality of your produce? Richard Viner (John Muir's Associate Member) has many years of experience in horticulture around the world. He is kindly inviting society members to take part in a research programme in which tomatoes are grafted onto a rootstock. Richard is happy to purchase the rootstock seed and special clips, and hopes that as many members who are interested will be able to produce some grafted plants using their own variety as the scion to compare with existing lines on their own roots. No expense from members except a little work and good luck- surgery is never perfect, the odd loss can be expected.  Information and contact details are available.... Tomato Grafting Proposal

We have emailed out the newsletter, but if you prefer a printed copy (one per plot) may be collected from a box outside of the clubhouse. We have also produced a Society Handbook, also available in the box. Again one per plot. We hope that it will be use to new members and of interest to existing members. FDAGS Committee