New Mills Allotment & Gardening Society

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New Mills Allotment & Gardening Society New Mills Allotment & Gardening Society manages two allotment sites in New Mills in the High Peak, Derbyshire. Hard work this allotment business!

Clearing the site, planning the patch, getting a shed up and organising a water source…. there is a lot to manage. But, oh the rewards! Those of our members at our Ollersett Avenue site know only too well how long it takes, but eight years on they are really reaping the benefit of their hard work year on year. And members who have taken on an allotment at our more recently opened site at Hague Bar remain undaunted by their task! They have been faced with some pretty tough conditions on the former paddock which had not been grazed for several years. It looked quite inviting at first… until they discovered it was covered in a thick mat of very long grass and well established weeds! But nothing ventured…. Our site off Ollersett Avenue was set up in 2005 with 31 plots and we have now let all 23 plots on our Hague Bar site opened in 2010. We have a waiting list for both allotment sites so please contact the secretary if you wish to add your name. Plots will be allocated fairly when they become available. Membership of our society is open to any local resident who loves gardening and we are interested in hearing from any inexperienced gardeners who wish to develop their skills and grow their own vegetables. Vacant plots will only be available to residents of New Mills (within the New Mills Town Council parish boundary). Membership is currently £5 a year in addition to rental of an allotment plot which is £25 for the 2013 season. The society also participates in the National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners’ seed scheme to enable members to buy seeds more cheaply than from a garden centre or seed supplier.

04/10/2026

Autumn is well underway, so head outdoors to see what nuts and berries you can find in hedgerows, woodlands and parks.

04/10/2026
04/10/2026

October on the Plot – There’s Still Plenty to Do

October may bring cooler days and darker evenings, but there’s still plenty to keep us busy on the plot.

From harvesting pumpkins and planting garlic to looking after your soil, tidying the greenhouse and giving wildlife a helping hand, our latest blog rounds up the key October allotment jobs.

🌱 What to plant and sow in October
🌱 What to harvest now
🌱 How to prepare your soil for winter
🌱 Fruit jobs for the month
🌱 Simple ways to support wildlife
🌱 Jobs that will make life easier next spring

And with the clocks going back later this month, now’s the time to make the most of those precious daylight hours!

👉 Read our October allotment checklist: https://thenas.org.uk/October-Allotment-Jobs

What’s top of your allotment to-do list this October?

26/09/2026
23/09/2026

Celebrate the spirit of the season at the New Mills Harvest Festival! 🌾
Join in this joyful autumn celebration on Sunday 4th October 2026 from 11:00am to 3:00pm at New Mills Town Hall. There will be wonderful stalls, a vegan lunch and treats, a screening of the film Six Inches of Soil, a harvest ritual, and a chance to share your homegrown produce and preserves! 🍎🥕🍲

23/09/2026

COULD ALLOTMENTS HELP KEEP OUR CITIES COOLER?

We all know allotments provide fresh food, green space, wildlife habitats and places for communities to come together.

But new European research suggests they may be doing something else too – helping to cool our towns and cities.

Researchers found that the cooling effect of allotments can extend beyond the allotment gate, with the area cooled estimated to be around 2.8 times the size of the allotment itself.

Across the European cities studied, an estimated 4.1 million people could be benefiting from this cooling effect.

With hotter summers and extreme temperatures becoming an increasing concern, it raises an important question:

Should allotments be seen as essential green infrastructure in our towns and cities – and should we be creating more of them, not just protecting the ones we already have?

What do you think? 👇

🔗 Read more about the research:
https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/allotment-gardens-provide-cooling-benefits-residents-european-cities-2026-09-07_en

29/08/2026

What Have You Learnt This Summer?

As the summer growing season begins to wind down, what has your allotment taught you?

Every summer on the plot is different. Some crops thrive, others struggle, and there is always something to learn. Will you next year…

☀️ Change the way you water?
☀️ Mulch more to retain moisture?
☀️ Add shade for vulnerable crops?
☀️ Try no-dig or change how you care for your soil?
☀️ Grow different crops or varieties?
☀️ Collect more rainwater?
☀️ Change what – or when – you plant?

We'd love to hear what worked on your plot and, just as importantly, what didn't.

👇 If you could take ONE lesson from this summer into next year's growing season, what would it be?

Share it in the comments – your experience could inspire another allotment holder to try something new.

24/08/2026

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