lifeisland – Manor Garden Olympic Allotments

Concerns about the construction of the new allotments at Marsh Lane appear to be justified, as any period of heavy rain leaves pools of water on many of the plots and the top layer of soil completely saturated. Any plants that begin growing in these conditions are likely to die when the soil dries as [...]

In the first week of November plotholders were finally able to move in and try to start new gardens on the bare new site at Marsh Lane, Waltham Forest – formerly a horse-grazed meadow valued by locals. Most had to give up their plots on the Olympic site in July, abandoning valuable mature fruit trees, [...]