Garden Plans > 2014: Allotment - full plot

About this Garden Plan

Allotment plan with mini-orchard and pollinators and three sisters patch

Plan Type, Soil and Location

Garden Location: Walthamstow
Garden Size: 12.00m x 26.00m
Garden Type: Allotment
Garden Layout: Other layout
Sun or Shade: Sunny
Garden Soil Type: Good soil

Plan Notes

Garden Plan

Plant List

 PlantNumberSpacingSpacing in RowsNotes
Apple (Dwarf)
 Granny Smith
12.00m2.00m x 2.00m 
Apple (Dwarf)
 Bramley
12.00m2.00m x 2.00m 
Apple (Dwarf) 52.00m2.00m x 2.00m 
Artichoke (Globe) 290cm90cm x 90cm 
Artichoke (Jerusalem) 1060cm60cm x 60cm 
Asparagus
 Gijnlim
645cm45cm x 45cm 
Aubergine
 [polytunnel]
240cm35cm x 45cm 
Beans (Borlotti) 1225cm20cm x 35cm 
Blackcurrant 190cm90cm x 90cm 
Borage 1335cm30cm x 60cm 
Broccoli (Purple) 360cm60cm x 60cm 
Cabbage (Autumn) 375cm60cm x 90cm 
Calendula 1530cm25cm x 60cm 
Carrot 1310cm10cm x 15cm 
Chamomile 4230cm25cm x 40cm 
Cherry (Dwarf) 13.00m3.00m x 3.00m 
Chives (Garlic) 215cm15cm x 20cm 
Comfrey 460cm60cm x 60cm 
Cornflower 1820cm20cm x 20cm 
Cosmos 3620cm20cm x 20cm 
Courgette 460cm60cm x 60cm 
Cranberry 160cm60cm x 60cm 
Crimson Clover 8410cm10cm x 10cm 
Cucumber 260cm60cm x 60cm 
Dill 820cm15cm x 25cm 
Fennel 130cm25cm x 35cm 
Fennel (Herb) 635cm30cm x 40cm 
Fig (Container Grown) 160cm60cm x 60cm 
Flower 920cm15cm x 20cm 
Flower 1520cm15cm x 20cm 
Fruit Bush
 Goji Berry
190cm90cm x 90cm 
Fruit Bush 190cm90cm x 90cm 
Garlic 1015cm10cm x 25cmThe young leaves of Daffodil Garlic (aka Allium neapolitanum) have a sweetness that develops into a fairly strong garlic flavour with age, which are great in salads and soups. These delicious leaves are productive when little else is, with leaves appearing from late autumn until early spring. As if that werent enough the bulbs (spring onion size) have a mild garlic flavour and can be used raw or cooked, harvested once the plant dies down in mid summer. They will store for six months or so. The flowers too are edible and have a strong onion flavour.
Gooseberry 190cm90cm x 90cm 
Grape Vine 11.50m1.50m x 1.50m 
Herb 220cm15cm x 25cm 
Hops 11.50m1.50m x 1.50m 
Horseradish 135cm35cm x 35cm 
Kale 440cm35cm x 45cm 
Lavender 2240cm35cm x 50cm 
Leek 3120cm15cm x 30cmA fabulous, hardy perennial leek, native to the UK. Grow it in sun or partial shade and in anything but a waterlogged soil. Leave it for the first year to bulk up. Harvest in winter by cutting at soil level they have a gentle garlicky leek flavour. They will regrow from the bulb the following year. The flowerhead, pictured, grows up to two metres tall and the bees love them.
Lemon Verbena 535cm30cm x 45cm 
Lettuce (Loose Leaf) 4310cm10cm x 15cm 
Loganberry 12.50m2.50m x 2.50m 
Marigold 520cm20cm x 20cm 
Melon
 [polytunnel]
190cm90cm x 90cm 
Mint 2020cm15cm x 25cm 
Nasturtium 1030cm30cm x 30cm 
Onion (Autumn planted) 8115cm15cm x 25cm 
Onion (Perennial) 115cm15cm x 15cmA fabulous perennial onion which forms clumps of slender bulbs which can either be harvested and dried in late summer for winter storage (or dug for use througout the winter). Use the leaves throughout spring or summer as you would chives or spring onions. Likes a well-drained spot Grows to 40cm or so.
Pear (Dwarf) 12.50m2.50m x 2.50m 
Pepper
 [polytunnel]
235cm30cm x 40cm 
Plum (Dwarf) 23.50m3.50m x 3.50m 
Potatoes (Early) 1540cm30cm x 50cmFrom Japan
Potatoes (Maincrop) 945cm35cm x 75cmArran Pilot A very popular First Early with waxy flesh and an excellent taste. The potatoes are white-skinned, white-fleshed tubers and one of the best for boiling. Produces high yields and has great resistance to all forms of scab. Arran Victory A rare and tasty blue-skinned Maincrop variety bred on the Isle of Arran and named in 1918 in celebration of the First World War ending. High yielding with a floury white flesh. British Queen A Second Early with floury flesh. An very old variety from Scotland (raised by Archibald Findlay) and still very popular in Ireland. Tasty, and best baked, boiled, mashed or roasted. Golden Wonder A Late Maincrop floury variety with a slightly rough skin. Stores well and is probably at its best eaten after Christmas, when the taste is at its fullest. Excellent baked, roasted or chipped. International Kidney Delicious and rightly famous as the Jersey Royal when grown on that island. An Early Maincrop salad potato with waxy flesh, which gives you more flavour the better the soil large quantities of seaweed used to be widely applied to the fields it was grown in.
Pumpkin 690cm90cm x 90cm 
Raspberry 370cm60cm x 90cm 
Redcurrant 290cm90cm x 90cm 
Rhubarb 390cm90cm x 90cm 
Sorrel 230cm30cm x 30cm 
Spinach (Perpetual) 1035cm30cm x 40cm 
Sunflower 1630cm30cm x 30cm 
Sweetcorn 10835cm30cm x 45cm 
Tomato (Regular) 2550cm45cm x 60cm 

Planting Times

Plant List key
 PlantJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Apple (Dwarf)
 Granny Smith
Apple (Dwarf)
 Bramley
Apple (Dwarf)
Artichoke (Globe)
Artichoke (Jerusalem)
Asparagus
 Gijnlim
Aubergine
 [polytunnel]
Beans (Borlotti)
Blackcurrant
Borage
Broccoli (Purple)
Cabbage (Autumn)
Calendula
Carrot
Chamomile
Cherry (Dwarf)
Chives (Garlic)
Comfrey
Cornflower
Cosmos
Courgette
Cranberry
Crimson Clover
Cucumber
Dill
Fennel
Fennel (Herb)
Fig (Container Grown)
Flower
Flower
Fruit Bush
 Goji Berry
Fruit Bush
Garlic
Gooseberry
Grape Vine
Herb
Hops
Horseradish
Kale
Lavender
Leek
Lemon Verbena
Lettuce (Loose Leaf)
Loganberry
Marigold
Melon
 [polytunnel]
Mint
Nasturtium
Onion (Autumn planted)
Onion (Perennial)
Pear (Dwarf)
Pepper
 [polytunnel]
Plum (Dwarf)
Potatoes (Early)
Potatoes (Maincrop)
Pumpkin
Raspberry
Redcurrant
Rhubarb
Sorrel
Spinach (Perpetual)
Sunflower
Sweetcorn
Tomato (Regular)



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