Everyone is welcome at Plot 22!
Plot 22 is a space where everyone is welcome, and everyone is an equally important member of our community. Whatever your skills, experience or interest, we’d love to hear from you!
What to Expect
Whilst each session is a little different, typically we'll start by gathering together over a cup of tea or coffee for introductions and catching up. We'll take a walk around the site and work out what jobs need doing and match these with people’s preferences that day. If lunch is planned, about halfway through the session we prepare and eat a meal, using freshly harvested produce whenever we can. People often take home a bunch of flowers or fresh herbs and if there are fruit and vegetables to spare, they take some of these too. We have great composting toilet facilities on site and all gardening tools and gloves are provided.
What we ask of you
To ensure everyone can enjoy their time at the Plot, our only requirements are that our members agree to our People Care Guidelines, follow our Way of Being during sessions, and follow a few simple rules:
To keep us all safe we are a NO ALCOHOL site. This means no alcohol is consumed on site or during group visits elsewhere.
There is NO MEAT OR FISH in our meals. If you have any special dietary requirements please let us know in advance of your visit - we can usually accommodate everyone.
As a general rule, Plot 22 is a NO DOGS (or any other pet) space, although where possible we will make exceptions for assistance dogs (please check first).
Because Plot 22 is located on a larger allotment site, it is important for us to CONSIDER OUR NEIGHBOURS - for example, by not blocking access to the communal car park.
On family friendly days CHILDREN (especially those under five) NEED TO BE SUPERVISED CLOSELY BY A PARENT OR CARER AT ALL TIMES.
If you’d like to pay us a visit please complete an application form by clicking the link below.
Our current sessions
Click below to find out more about our regular sessions
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Tuesday Gardening sessions focus on maintaining the Plot’s gardens. We also cook and share a plant-based lunch together, using many of the ingredients we’ve grown ourselves.
If you’ve not visited before, Tuesdays are a great way to get a practical and literal taste of what Plot 22 is all about!
To find upcoming Tuesday Gardening events, visit our What’s On page.
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Garden Buddies is similar to our Tuesday Gardening session, but tailored towards people who need a little more support. The focus of these sessions is maintaining the Plot 22 gardens.
To find upcoming Garden Buddies events, visit our What’s On page.
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Thyme & Space is replenishing group for women, offering an opportunity to build friendships, new skills and confidence through gardening and sharing of a vegetarian meal.
These supportive and lightly facilitated sessions offer a place where we can set aside our daily challenges and enjoy a connection with nature through activities like sowing, digging, planting, weeding, harvesting, or just sitting and enjoying the wildlife.
To find upcoming Thyme & Space events, visit our What’s On page.
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Whether you are a seasoned gardener or new to growing, our hope for the group is that we will enjoy quality time together while completing gentle, seasonal gardening tasks. During our time together we will also prepare and enjoy a seasonal snack.
To find upcoming Growing Together events, visit our What’s On page.
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Our seasonal celebrations are a way for the whole family to connect with nature at Plot 22. Themed around the solstices, equinoxes and traditional pastoral festivals that fall in between, sessions include opportunities to care for the Plot’s plants and wildlife, and enjoy seasonally themed crafts and activities.
To find upcoming Family Seasonal Celebration events, visit our What’s On page.
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Like our seasonal celebrations, Nature Discovery sessions are designed for young families, and focus on providing opportunities for our younger members to learn about nature by connecting with Plot 22’s biodiversity.
Sessions tend to be planned around school holidays.
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Alongside our main sessions we run a range of additional workshops and events, hosted by the Plot 22 team or guest hosts. Current regular workshops include Meditation, Poetry and Happy Cafe groups.