Haslemere Allotments, Northfields, Ealing W13

Haslemere Allotments is an allotment site situated in a quiet residential area in West London.

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News Round-up, June – August 2019

News Round-up, June – August 2019

As summer begins to roll over into autumn, here’s a brief round-up of what’s been happening.

Community Work Day – 3rd August

Community Work Day – 3rd August

Another fine summer’s morning for this months work day – thanks to the lovely volunteers who turned up to help.

Ealing Cardio Group – Exercise is Medicine

Ealing Cardio Group – Exercise is Medicine

Recently, the Ealing Cardio Group (ECG) took on part of communal allotment plot 1B.

"Community gardening provides untold benefits, boosting peoples' health and wellbeing and strengthening the ties that bring neighbourhoods together."

– Royal Horticultural Society

"Considering that allotments may play a vital role in developing active and healthy lifestyles, governments and local authorities might do well to protect and enhance them."

– Agnes van den Berg, Wageningen University and Research Centre

Spending half an hour a week on an allotment results in an instant reduction in stress and fatigue, as well as boosting self-esteem, vigour and a general feeling of good health

– Scientists Essex & Westminster Universities

"Grow Your Own food in urban settings has also been associated with improved diet and exercise for those involved which more than compensates for higher loads of environmental pollutants in these settings"

– J Leake