With the planting season upon us, the plots at Elmwood handed over, and your windowsills hopefully ready to take the odd pot with a tomato plant or herb inside, we will be holding a plant/seed swap.
As part of the World Challenge coffee morning in aid of the Bell Baxter trip to China (please see below) we have got a stall at the Corn Exchange on Saturday, 24th April, 10 am till 12 noon where you can swap your spare plants and seed packages, have a nice cup of tea/coffe and a friendly chat with your fellow gardeners.
Full details:
World Challenge in aid of Bell Baxter trip to China
Coffee Morning
Corn Exchange, Cupar
24th April 2010
10am – 12 noon
plant stall, book stall, cake and candy, bottle stall, raffle, etc
entrance/ticket price £1
tea/coffee and biscuits included in entry fee.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Allotments available from March!
From March onwards a first set of twenty-two, quarter-sized allotments (5mx10m) will be available in Cupar. As part of this Cupar Allotment Society is liasing with Fife Council and Elmwood College to draw up a comprehensive list of people interest in taking up a plot in Cupar.
If you are interested in getting a plot, please be so kind and send an email to cuparallotments@googlemail.com. The email needs to include: your full name, address (house name/number; street; postcode) and contact details (telephone; email). This applies to everyone interested in taking on a plot in Cupar i.e. (a) even if you have previously expressed an interest in getting a plot you will need to do this (b) even if you are not interested in taking on one of the plots at Elmwood you should forward your details. By forwarding your details you give us permission to share these with Fife Council and Elmwood College. Given that plots will start in March, there is a tight turnaround. The deadline is two weeks from now: 28th January 2010
If you are interested in getting a plot, please be so kind and send an email to cuparallotments@googlemail.com. The email needs to include: your full name, address (house name/number; street; postcode) and contact details (telephone; email). This applies to everyone interested in taking on a plot in Cupar i.e. (a) even if you have previously expressed an interest in getting a plot you will need to do this (b) even if you are not interested in taking on one of the plots at Elmwood you should forward your details. By forwarding your details you give us permission to share these with Fife Council and Elmwood College. Given that plots will start in March, there is a tight turnaround. The deadline is two weeks from now: 28th January 2010
AGM
The Cupar Allotment Society will be holding its Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, 16th February, starting at 8pm in the YMCA (Bonnygate, Cupar).
Everyone most welcome.
Everyone most welcome.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Scottish Parliament debates allotment provision
The Scottish Allotments and Gardens Society has pushed for Parliamentary time to be devoted to debating allotment provision and on December 17th, Jim Tolson MSP will move the motion detailed below.
We have contacted our MSP, Iain Smith, about this and received confirmation that he has added his support to the motion.
S3M-05087# Jim Tolson (Dunfermline West) (Scottish Liberal Democrats): Allotments, Community Gardens and Grow-your-own Projects— That the Parliament congratulates the Scottish Allotments and Gardens Society in its role supporting allotment holders and community gardens in Scotland, encouraging the development of new sites, enhancing biodiversity and preserving skills in gardening; acknowledges the valuable work carried out by other organisations in the promotion of community gardens and grow-your-own projects; recognises the links between green space, activity and good health and the social, financial, environmental and health benefits of gardening and growing one’s own food; highlights the need to protect and enhance green spaces, particularly in urban and deprived areas; notes that Crossford Community Council, in conjunction with Crossford Allotment Association and the Carnegie Trust, is investigating the provision of land for allotments, community gardens and social enterprise, and hopes that local authorities and other public bodies examine ways of transferring land to local communities to be used for such projects.
We have contacted our MSP, Iain Smith, about this and received confirmation that he has added his support to the motion.
S3M-05087# Jim Tolson (Dunfermline West) (Scottish Liberal Democrats): Allotments, Community Gardens and Grow-your-own Projects— That the Parliament congratulates the Scottish Allotments and Gardens Society in its role supporting allotment holders and community gardens in Scotland, encouraging the development of new sites, enhancing biodiversity and preserving skills in gardening; acknowledges the valuable work carried out by other organisations in the promotion of community gardens and grow-your-own projects; recognises the links between green space, activity and good health and the social, financial, environmental and health benefits of gardening and growing one’s own food; highlights the need to protect and enhance green spaces, particularly in urban and deprived areas; notes that Crossford Community Council, in conjunction with Crossford Allotment Association and the Carnegie Trust, is investigating the provision of land for allotments, community gardens and social enterprise, and hopes that local authorities and other public bodies examine ways of transferring land to local communities to be used for such projects.
Friday, December 4, 2009
Next meeting
!!!UPDATE - The meeting has been rescheduled for Tuesday, 15th December, 8pm at the YMCA on Bonnygate!!!!
The next meeting will take place on Monday, 14th December, 8pm at the YMCA. The focus of the evening will be on where we are with our attempts of getting land and exploring different options for taking the group forward.
If there is anything you would like to have added to the agenda, please email it to cuparallotments@googlemail.com by Friday 11th.
We look forward to seeing you then!
The next meeting will take place on Monday, 14th December, 8pm at the YMCA. The focus of the evening will be on where we are with our attempts of getting land and exploring different options for taking the group forward.
If there is anything you would like to have added to the agenda, please email it to cuparallotments@googlemail.com by Friday 11th.
We look forward to seeing you then!
Monday, October 5, 2009
The end of the season: unboxing
Following the group's involvement in Cupar in Bloom's work, this Sunday saw the emptying of the vegetable display boxes as the season had come to an end.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Date for next meeting
The next meeting of the group will take place in the week starting 12th of October - details will be available shortly.
All welcome!
All welcome!
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