It’s official: allotments are good for you – and for your mental health
October 2020
‘We’re like athletes’: the secret lives of giant-vegetable growers
From onions as big as babies to pumpkins that weigh more than a car, it has been a record-breaking year for oversize veg. But what motivates someone to grow an 8-metre beetroot – and is skulduggery involved?
September 2020
'A silver lining to the big, black cloud': allotments during lockdown
Despite confusion over rules and shortages of compost and seeds, UK allotment holders have cherished their plots
August 2020
'It has taught me to slow down': the solace of allotments – in pictures
Allotment life in Bristol – in pictures
Interest in allotments soars in England during coronavirus pandemic
Allotments in a time of Covid: share your pictures and stories
July 2020
My allotment was once a casual hobby. Since lockdown, it's become a lifeline
Alice O'Keeffe
Growing our own potatoes is fun – but the pandemic and looming trade deals have exposed Britain’s fragile food security, says author Alice O’Keeffe
April 2020
'We feel blessed': Edinburgh allotment holders – in pictures
Other lives
Krystyna Gaffney obituary
March 2020
Exercising discretion over lockdown rules
Letters: Allotment holders should be allowed to tend to their plots for short periods, says Christopher Jenkins, while Sarah Munro and Prof Andrew Russell plead for more considerate behaviour during these trying times
August 2019
'So much more than growing food': readers on the joy of an allotment
Allotments deliver more than just a physical harvest of flowers, fruit or veg. They create true communities
Flowers, friendship and food bank donations: readers' allotments – in pictures
This year’s National Allotment Week celebrated shared harvest. From beetroot to zinnias, here are some of your best pictures
Allotments: share your pictures and stories
Got a glut of green beans or a cornucopia of courgettes? Send us photos and tell us about the bounty from your allotment
July 2019
Self and wellbeing
Room to grow: how allotment life can be the best therapy
You're the expert
How can I tend my allotment without visiting every day?
April 2019
‘Peasant revolt’ at earl’s bid to build flats on allotments
Anger at attempt by ‘green aristocrat’ Earl Percy to develop wilderness site in London
Why Brexit has driven thousands back to their allotments
Lia Leendertz
In times of crisis, Britons have always turned to self-sufficiency, and this period of political turmoil is no exception
Murder on the allotment: 'She was everything that he wanted to be'
She was the respected allotment committee secretary, he was an ambitious fellow plot holder: why did he kill her?
