Urgent Rent Payments

25th Sep 2017 by Dogbury

There are still a number of people who have not paid their bill.

The payment is expected by the end of Saturday 30th unless you have contacted me or Steve Williams before then your tenancy will end.

Steve can be found most mornings and I will be available on

Wednesday and Friday from around 10.30am to 12.30

Thursday 10.30 until 12.

Saturday I will be there from 10.30 until 1pm.

If you cannot get to pay during those times then you need to contact me urgently and make other arrangements. As our garden is waterlogged I am not hanging around on the off chance someone will turn up.

If you have decided not to renew your tenancy please make arrangements with me to return your keys.

JACKIE

07931950950

jackiemedcalf@hotmail.com

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Site Security

5th Sep 2017 by Dogbury

One of our female members recently reported that her car had been broken into whilst she was working on her allotment.  The car, which had been parked on Old Coach Road had had it’s windows smashed in order to gain entry.  She stated that she had heard that a group of youths in the area had been on the lookout for lone women leaving vehicle without a handbag, presuming that this had been left in their car they then break in hoping to steal valuables.  Following on from this she now felt that her own personal security might be at risk when working alone on her plot.  She has asked that we reiterate the importance therefore of always ensuring that gates are not left unlocked when members come and go from the allotment estate.  This of course is a standing rule,  notwithstanding this incident.  For the security , not only of people personally but of their property too all gates should therefore be locked after both entering and leaving the allotment areas.

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BBQ and SHOW – UPDATE

30th Aug 2017 by Dogbury

SATURDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER

REMINDER IF YOU ARE INTENDING TO COME PLEASE LET ME KNOW YOU ARE ALL WELCOME BUT WE NEED TO KNOW HOW MANY WE ARE CATERING FOR – THANK YOU TO THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE ALREADY DONE SO.

Come and join us for the annual get together. Show and donate any produce you are proud of, is interesting or unusual or you think is worth a few bob.You don’t have to polish your onions.You are welcome to set up a stall to sell plants or any craft items.
Raffle and Auction of produce.Burgers, Hotdogs and Veggie Chilli. Beer and soft drinks.
Set up for show tables or stalls  by 1pm.

BBQ from approx 1.30pm.

Jackie 07931 950950
jackiemedcalf@hotmail.com

Opportunity to pay your rent bill !!

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BBQ and SHOW SATURDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER

21st Aug 2017 by Dogbury

Come and join us for the annual get together.

Show and donate any produce you are proud of, is interesting or unusual or you think is worth a few bob. You don’t have to polish your onions. You are welcome to set up a stall to sell plants or any craft items.

Raffle and Auction of produce. Burgers, Hotdogs and Veggie Chilli. Beer and soft drinks.

Set up for show tables or stalls by 1pm. BBQ from approx 1.30pm.

Rain did not stop us last year, friends and family welcome but PLEASE text/email me or tell me if you are coming to save any burger shortage on the day.

You are welcome to bring your own tipple if you wish or share.

Jackie 07931 950950

jackiemedcalf@hotmail.com

Also why not take the opportunity to pay your rent bill !!

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Charity Garden

15th Aug 2017 by Dogbury

As most of you know Community Payback have done a lot of work for us over the last few years in particular bringing back overgrown gardens so they are easier to relet and jobs around the communal areas which have saved a few of us a lot of hard work. This year they took on a garden for their own with regular supervisor,  Ben.

It was badly overgrown and after improving it they started to grow veg. Their produce like everyone’s is now ready. They are donating their fruit and vegetables to

ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERY SOUP KITCHEN at Lenton.

They are feeding lunch to 20 to 40 people each weekday. All are vulnerable and some homeless. Although they get dry goods donated they do not receive fresh fruit and vegetables from any other source. Nothing is wasted and anything not used is passed onto another local kitchen.

So if  you have any surplus crops that you really don’t need please consider donating them to the the group who will deliver them to the St Paul’s every friday morning. You can take produce to the garden 34 (Joe’s old one)  4th up from the Association  Building early on Friday mornings or let me know you have something and i will take it from you and pass it on myself.

Many thanks

Jackie

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A Summer Reminder

24th Jul 2017 by Dogbury

Hello Everybody. Its that time of the year when i need to remind you of the Councils requirements of your tenancy agreement. Gardens should now be at least 50 % cultivated and that means with fruit, vegetables or flowers. Grass does not count. Weeds should be as under control as possible and hedges should have or be in the process of being trimmed and neatened in preparation for a good cut in the Autumn. The requirement of the council is that hedges should be 5ft high, we allow a neat 6ft if the hedgerow is mixed or has a wire fence in it, which would stop cutting to the required height. The council inspection this year asked us to remove any barbed wire around gates and any in hedges, so please start this process. If you have a problem complying with any of the above or are thinking of giving up your garden i would appreciate knowing as soon as possible. I shall be doing my own checks over the next week and certainly some letters will be going out asking for improvements to ensure an offer of a tenancy for October.

Don’t forget the BBQ on Saturday 2nd September, further details will follow.

Jackie

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OLD PARK FARM FUN DAY

24th Jun 2017 by Dogbury

THIS YEARS EVENT WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY 2nd SEPTEMBER 2017

ALL GARDEN HOLDERS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE, OF COURSE WELCOME.  YOU CAN SHOW , VEGETABLES,FRUIT OR FLOWERS, ANYTHING YOU ARE PROUD OF, SUCCESSES, FAILURES, AMUSING OR OF INTEREST.

AN AUCTION WILL FOLLOW OF ENTRIES WITH PROCEEDS GOING TOWARDS FOOD COSTS.

IF YOU WISH TO SELL SURPLUS PLANTS, CRAFTS  ETC THEN YOU ARE WELCOME TO SET UP A STALL.  ANY OTHER IDEAS PLEASE DISCUSS WITH ME. PRODUCE TO THE SHOW AREA BY 1PM AT LATEST.

THE FREE BBQ FOOD AND DRINKS INCLUDING BEER WILL BE SERVED FROM ABOUT 1.30PM.

YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PAY YOUR RENT IF YOU WISH.

LATER. I WILL ALSO ASK FOR RSVPS’ TO ENSURE WE HAVE ENOUGH FOOD TO GO AROUND.

IT WAS REALLY ENJOYABLE LAST YEAR WE GOT THROUGH 60 BURGERS EVEN IN POURING RAIN IT BE NICE TO SEE AS MANY OF YOU THERE AGAIN.

JACKIE

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Time For A Moan

15th Jun 2017 by Dogbury

Following a couple of recent incidents might I remind everyone of the following.

All of the committee members of the association are volunteers.  None are paid and all work, of which there is plenty, is carried out by some of them purely on a goodwill basis.

This work takes many forms from administration of the gardens as a whole including the following:

  • Rent collection, management and delivery of bills, chasing up of late payers.
  • Management of tenants details.
  • Banking of cash, money management and account keeping.
  • Seeking, interviewing then hiring and firing of garden holders.
  • Dispute management.
  • Ordering, taking delivery of and storage of supplies.
  • Selling of and accounting for supplies.
  • On and off site meetings with council officials.
  • Organising gardeners to comply with changing council standards.
  • Organising social events.
  • Running social events.
  • Organising deliveries of chippings.
  • Organising deliveries and removal of skips.
  • Organising communal areas / storage of recyclable materials.
  • Removal of dangerous materials from site such as asbestos.

This is just a sample of the many administrative​ tasks required and does not take into account the recent lengthy work to renegotiate the ​current lease which remains ongoing since 2007.   This has entailed the establishment of company status for the gardens and the need for policies to be established complying with company law.

All of this of course does not touch on the physical maintenance of the gardens and grounds such as

  • Hedge trimming.
  • Grass cutting.
  • Gate and fence mending.
  • Plumbing excavation and repairs.
  • Road maintenance.
  • Pallet collection storage and distribution.
  • Collection of dangerous materials.
  • Tree maintenance and removal.
  • Until recently communal fires now stopped because of garden holder abuse.

This is not a definitive list.

All of this work is done free and gratis and done for the garden membership as a whole with no expectation of thanks.  Could we therefore ask those of you who wrongly think that this is done for our own personal reward to think again.  We are not your employees and  we too have our own gardens to maintain in addition to all of the above.

A little thoughtfulness before presumptions are made about our roles would be appreciated along with the occasional provision of some of your time to help with the upkeep of the estate.  The gardens are a community and just as much your responsibility as that of the committee.

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