allotment – lauren heywood

An allotment plot with a central paved path through planted beds of climbing beans, sweet corn, tomatoes and other plants. A blue sky above with a long central line of clouds almost mirroring the path below.

Allotment July 2026

No rain since early to mid June and we’re in the fourth heatwave but where I am at in the West Midlands it’s only hitting the high 20s…

Post date July 29, 2026

Dill, broad beans, mixed lettuce, rocket and white currants displayed on a wood laminate surface.

Allotment June 2026

All Seasons Month 2: Electric Boogaloo

Post date June 29, 2026

Poached egg flowers, each with five petals with yellow in the centre and white on the edge of the petals. A bee is sat on a central flower.

Allotment May 2026

An all seasons kind of month spanning frosts and hail to a heatwave. Lots of progress and changes made through it all.

32 root trainer modules with various beans visably planted just before being covered with compost.

Allotment April 2026

A very changable month regarding weather, including very warm days with cold nights and little rain. I cut the grass for the first time a couple of times,…

Post date May 16, 2026

Three A6 sized zines held in a hand in front of a brick wall. Each zine is printed with black ink on white paper.

Zines for allotmenters

On creating my first three zines to help share gardening ideas with the allotment community. Links to downloadable PDFs included.

28 shallot sets planted in a white bath tub in a vegetable garden. Yellow gardening gloves can be seen on the left ege of the bath tub.

Allotment March 2026

A recap of raised bed planting, shallots, first early potatoes, a raspberry patch and more!

Post date March 29, 2026

Laure's Allotment. Where beautiful things begin. Trespassers will be composted. Sign on a green gate.

Early Spring Allotment Photos

Spring is springing. The birds are singing, a few bees are lurking, buds are showing. I’m in the middle of a couple of weeks travelling up and down…

Post date March 8, 2026

A composit image of a youtube thumbnail from a teenager showing a before and after of herself going through a makeover. The left half has the caption "before" and a broken shed has been super imposed over the youtuber's face. The right half of the image is captioned "after" and a pink decorated shed has been superimposed over the youtuber's face.

Handmedown Shed Glow-up

When life gives you a dilapidated shed you get to work.

Post date March 2, 2026

A top down view of a mixture of green manure plants growing together. Mustard, forage peas, field beans, phacelia and lupins. A string of coffee pods being used as a pigeon scarer runs from the top left corner to the bottom right corner of the photograph.

Autumn green manures

How I got on experimenting with a big patch of green manures in autumn 2025

Post date March 1, 2026

A sky view of the 75 acre St Anne's Allotments in Nottingham. A huge area of green land can be seen made up of gardens and hedgerows. Beyond residential buildings can be seen.

Community Gardens on Monty Don’s British Gardens

St Anne’s Allotments in Nottingham (pictured) and Cambridge’s Central Mosque as examples of inspirational community gardening

Post date February 6, 2025