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This Allotment

Stories of Growing, Eating and Nurturing
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An allotment. ‘A ‘10 pole’ space about the size of a doubles tennis court for the growing of fruit and vegetables.’ A health-giving, heart-filling miniature kingdom of carrots, courgettes and callaloo. A microcosm for our societies at large as people claim their ‘patch’ and guard it... Read More
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A celebration of allotment life in twelve original essays – a vibrant collection about growing, eating and nurturing in these unique spaces.

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An allotment. ‘A ‘10 pole’ space about the size of a doubles tennis court for the growing of fruit and vegetables.’ A health-giving, heart-filling miniature kingdom of carrots, courgettes and callaloo. A microcosm for our societies at large as people claim their ‘patch’ and guard it fiercely, but also of welcoming arms, gifted gluts and new recipes from across the seas.

They are places of resilience, resistance and freedom with a radical history (and the potential to be so again). They are blowsy dahlias, cricket on the radio and pigeons in lofts; buzzing bees and the wisdom of weeds and seeds.

This Allotment brings together twelve brilliant writers in a glorious celebration of these entirely unique spaces: plots that mean so much more than the soil upon which they sit.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781783967889

Publisher: Elliott & Thompson Limited

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 06 June 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Elliott & Thompson Limited

Contributors:

  • Edited by Sarah Rigby

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 224

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Home & Garden Non-Fiction

About the Author

Sarah Rigby is an editor, publisher and book coach. She has published some of the country’s best-loved and award-winning writers of nature and place. Originally from Yorkshire, she lives in London with her family where she shares a much-loved allotment. She also volunteers for Organic Lea, a workers’ co-operative and community food-growing project on the edge of Epping Forest, where she is currently completing a placement in horticulture and biodiversity.

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