[Community_garden] Allotment plots available - Birmingham, UK

[Don Boekelheide]

Evening Mail
Birmingham, UK
via Red Orbit.com

http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/815722/your_2_minute_guide_to_the_week_digging_in/index.html?source=r_science

26 jan 07

DIGGING IN

IF YOU fancy hiring an allotment in time to grow your
own veg this year, now's the time to get cracking.

Phone 0121 303 3038 or email
allotments at birmingham.gov.uk
Birmingham is home to lots of city farms and community
gardens. Universal details from www.farmgarden.org.uk

EcoPark, for example, is at Hobmoor Road, Small Heath.
The two- acre environmental centre is managed by the
Wildlife Trust and includes woodland, ponds and
demonstrations of wildlife gardening, recycling and
wind and solar power.

Open Tue-Thu, noon-4pm or Sat 10am-4pm. Tel 0121 758
0553. Buses: No 15, 17 from city centre.