[Community_garden] garden allotment size question

[Pat_Elazar at cwb.ca]

Oh- I don't know. My allotment garden here in Winnipeg, Canada features
plots about that size (or metric equivalent ~33'x109'). Thats generous for
north American 'burbs', but not for Europe.

In Europe so often you see larger allotment gardens with veggies, flowers,
herbs, berries, fruit trees perhaps plus a seating area & a shed or
greenhouse crammed in.

Think of it as the poor man's cotttage!


Pat


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On the way home from the ACGA conference and board meeting in Boston last
week, I saw a newspaper article about allotments in the UK and it mentioned
that the standard size of 30x100 feet for allotments was determined a long
time ago as the amount required to feed a family of four. (Apparently
demand
is so high that they're having in some areas to reduce allotment size below
the 'standard.' but that standard sounds awfully generous anyway, doesn't
it??)


Kristin Faurest
Tulipan utca 16
1022 Budapest, Hungary
tel. 36 1 316 1048

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