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Annual General Meeting
Annual General Meeting
17th November 2024
it is important that a minimum of 25% of all tenants attend the AGM. As an Association member it is important to show support for the unpaid voluntary Committee by attending the meeting and having your say in how the allotments are being run.
Please note: Size of plot and financial investment will not be considered,so even the smallest of plots could win.
Best Plot Award 2024
Best Plot Award 2024
September 2024
One plot is put forward from each site and these are then independently judged. Trophy will be presented to the winner and runner up and the nominated plots will appear on the Site Photographs page.
Criteria for Judging will be based on;
Overall use of space
Crop variety and Quality
Tidiness
Clever use of recycled materials
Areas for nature and wildlife
Best Plot Awards 2024
SOAA held the judging of this years best plot awards on the 21.09.2024 and our judges; Robert Tunwell, Chairman of the Carpenders Park Horticultural Society and Gardening Influencer Louise, best known for her social media accounts on Tiktok, Facebook and Instagram "GardeningwithLou", kindly gave their time to come down and view all our allotments and plots, picking their winners from each allotment site based on tidiness, variety, soil health, sustainability and creativity.
We will be presenting the winner's with their "Best Allotment" plaques at this years Annual General Meeting on 17.11.2024.
Congratulations to all our Winners for their efforts this year.👏
Ashford Green Allotment - Plot 5 - Manju Shah
Birstall Green Allotment - Plot 2 - Ion and Valentina Gori
Markeston Green Allotment - Plot 8 - Yvonne Clark
Prestwick Road Allotment - Plot 6 - Larry and Diane Bowerman
Committee Meeting
Committee Meeting
July 2024
Agenda Items include; Condition of plots reviewed/Upcoming Events/Working Parties/Project Updates.
Gardening Fair - 26.05.2024
Our thanks to all who helped, contributed and supported the SOAA at this event. It was a pleasure to see a community and association come together for this event. Special thanks to Jenny and Barry for their excellent support, and are our heros of this event, helping with set up and shut down in the rain including moving all the plants to and from the site as well as staying at the stand all morning.
We raised £279.46 towards our water harvesting project.
Site Inspections
Site Inspections
April-May 2024
Plots will be inspected to ensure they are abiding by the rules of the tenancy agreement.
SOAA Water Harvesting Project - Kicks off
24.02.2024
This Saturday the SOAA water harvesting project got off to a fantastic start thanks to the very kind donation of 20 IBCs from Mr Andy Moore at Thames Water - Slough
SOAA hired the truck and our wonderful volunteers Julian, Adi and Bohus from the Prestwick Road site conducted the collection and delivery of the IBCs to the plots seamlessly. The collection was broken into 2 trips as the vehicle could only accommodate 10 IBCs at a time. In order to fit the containers into the van properly the wooden bases had to be removed and these were delivered together with the IBC's.
Thank you to all those who came out to assist with moving the IBC's into place. Special mention to Bujar, Reda, Richard and AIan for their help with moving IBC's onto the Prestwick Road site plots.
Happy Water Harvesting to All.
Committee Meeting
Committee Meeting
24th February 2024
Agenda Items include; Plot Fee Payment Review/Condition of plots reviewed/Upcoming Events/Working Parties/Project Updates.
The Association does not run without a committee and would be at great risk of being put under council management or used for development without people stepping up into the available positions. The positions are purely there to administer waiting/ tenancy lists and ensure the rules of our tenancy are adhered to. If you are unsure how you could help speak to a member of the committee, we would love to hear from you.
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