This week is National Allotment Week. If you haven’t got one, London’s allotments are easy to forget, often hidden away down alleyways and behind closed gates.
But they offer a lifeline for many Londoners who don’t have access to their own garden, and provide a connection to nature and the earth in a city that can sometimes feel very detached from the natural world. Allotments are also often hotspots of biodiversity, offering a refuge to insects, birds and a host of other city dwelling wildlife.
