Yearly Archives: 2016

19 posts

Seed Potatoes and Onion sets

It’s that time of year when you start looking at seed catalogues and think about what you’re going to grow next year. Next year we’ll be selling a good range of high quality, competitively priced seed potatoes and onion sets. Seed Potatoes – First Earlies – Rocket, Maris Bard, International […]

Alder Hey Hospital are Planting a Bluebell Wood

 WE’RE PLANTING A BLUEBELL WOOD! COME AND JOIN IN! 24+25TH NOVEMBER  12-3pm Springfield Park  1,000 bulbs to plant. All welcome, tools provided. Dress warm and wear sensible shoes! For any further info contact laura.naylor@alderhey.nhs.uk 

Stores Closed for the Winter

The stores are now closed for the winter. They’ll re-open 4th February 2017 and will then be open every Saturday and Sunday 12noon to 1pm. We will be selling seed potatoes and onion sets again next year. Seed Potato Varieties First Early – International Kidney, Maris Bard, Rocket and Winston Second Early […]

Allotment Competition Awards Presentation 2016

In October the Association of Liverpool Allotments held the presentation for the Annual Liverpool Allotments Competition. This year Ashfield won all but one of the prizes. Congratulations to Tommy Hall who won best plot in Liverpool Gary Flack who won third best plot in Liverpool Tommy Hall, Gary Flack, John Morris, […]

More Funding Success

The committee recently successfully bid for £350 from a City Council Environmental fund to purchase a new strimmer. In the past year we’ve received over £2000 in funding for a new toilet, spikes to help with security and skips.

Theft from Plots

Recently some tenants have found that items and crops have been stolen from their plots. If you have had items stolen we suggest that you walk around the site looking for your items (making sure that you do not go on to someone else’s plot). Please let the committee know […]