Baldock Allotments

20/09/2026

If you missed Ivel Springs Honey at EcoFest yesterday, pop along to our Allotment Shop in Football Close today between 10am and 12 noon, to buy a jar or three 👍🏻; you don’t have to be a BALGA member to buy honey from the shop🐝.

17/09/2026

Coming up this Saturday is EcoFest organised by Baldock Beats Waste 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. Pop along to the High Street from 10am, where you will find stalls, children’s activities and local experts to chat to ☺️.

12/08/2026

It’s Allotment Week 2026 this week and BALGA (Baldock Allotment and Leisure Garden Association) will be in the High Street this Saturday from 11am to 3pm outside Pixies Coffee Shop.
If you are thinking of getting an allotment or would like to join BALGA as a leisure gardener, come along and have a chat.
There will also be delicious Ivel Springs honey available to buy at £6 per jar, cash only please.
And finally there will be a selection of home dried seeds for sale for a donation, again cash only please.
See you Saturday 😎.

01/08/2026

It’s BALGA’’s Allotment Week event in 2 weeks and you will find us outside Pixie’s of Baldock from 11am to 3pm. You don’t have to have an allotment to be a member of BALGA, but can join as a Leisure Gardener, enjoy all the benefits and use our shop in Football Close, open every Sunday from 10am to 12pm until the end of November. If you work at one of the Baldock schools, BALGA can help your gardening club and offer £25 per academic year to support you; come along on the 15th August and have a chat.

24/07/2026

Only 3 weeks to go until our Allotment Week event on Saturday 15th August in Baldock High Street. Remember that you don’t have to have an allotment to belong to BALGA and enjoy all the benefits of membership, so why not pop along and have a chat 😎.

09/07/2026

If you would like to join BALGA as a Leisure Gardener (you don’t have to have an allotment to join us) or to go on our waiting list for a plot, click the link https://balga-online.co.uk/become-a-member/ for all the information you’ll need 😎.

Membership of the association is open to all and not restricted to allotment tenants or those who wish to work on allotments. Leisure gardeners are welcome too. If you're interested in a plot, please click here for the relevant form. Since we are a cooperative, you will become a share holder, and wi...

27/06/2026

The new plots at the BALGA North Road site are delivering some amazing produce! This mammoth grown by Dani & Shaun is a prime example..!

Plots are still available - contact the site reps via the BALGA website if you’re interested…

BALGA

16/06/2026

A message from Lisa Thompson via BALGA ……
I would like to say a big thank you to everyone at North Road who helped Tommo (Peter Thompson) when he had a tumble last Monday. He is now at home resting, after breaking his clavicle and dislocating his shoulder!! Special thanks to Mick, Ruth and two couples and their children.

14/05/2026

We are thrilled to announce that our association is featured in the latest issue of the National Allotment Society (NAS) magazine! National Allotment Society

The article, titled "So Much Help from the NAS," looks back at our 20-year journey and how we’ve grown into the thriving community we are today. You can find us on page 52.

How to read the feature:

Pick up a copy: Stop by the allotment shop to grab your physical copy!

Go Digital: Visit the NAS website at thenas.org.uk and log in to the members' area to read it online.

13/05/2026

In Hitchin on Sunday …. I’ve just seen this on We Love Baldock and thought it may be of interest to some of you 👍🏻.