Here is a selection of pictures from recent events at Alwoodley Allotments.
Views from above, July 2025
What a fantastic site we have. Thanks to plot holder 9 (Gary) for these impressive shots.
Open Day and NSPCC Coffee Morning, July 2025
We have raised again lots for another good cause through your donations to the coffee morning this morning - £162.50 to support the NSPCC . Well done again!
Second edition of the AASL Photography Competition, August 2024
Some really interesting photos reflecting this year's theme: BIODIVERSITY.
Scarecrow Trail and MacMillan Coffee Morning, September 2024
Another fun and successful Scarecrow Trail on site with some really scary entries :
Open Day & NSPCC Fund raising / Plants sale, July 2024
What a day ! A huge thank you to all who supported us yesterday for the NSPCC coffee morning and open day . It was buzzing .
Working Party & Summer Barbecue, June 2024
Well! What a day ! Weather stayed on our side. It was amazing to see so many plot holders at the bbq to celebrate a great morning's work . Everybody seems to enjoyed themselves getting to know each other . Thanks to the ones who pitched in . But most of all , thanks for putting a smile on our face with an epic turnout .
Harrogate Spring Flower Show, April 2024
Our site was well represented again this year in helping Leeds Allotment Federation to the Harrogate Spring Flower Show 2024 by setting up what a Nature and Nurture School might look like. Have a look at the photos if you can't access the show this week.
Photography Competition, August 2023
Here are the entries for our first ever photography competition. The theme was HARVEST. There were some well composed and fun photos that provided a view of the special opportunity an allotment can provide, and not to mention some terrific produces. We had 4 lucky winners in the Adult category (the red climbing bean flowers, the sunflower and the bee, the drying onions and the raspberries). All juniors were winners.
Second edition of our scarecrow trail , September 2023
We had another fun and successful Scarecrow Trail on site recently with some should I say "interesting" creations. The winner was Darcey Brussel followed by Cheeky Boo. Can you guess which one are which?
Yorkshire Wildlife Gardening Award, July 2023
Another great news, we have been successful in our application to the Yorkshire Wildlife Gardening Award. Our garden was described as a wonderful place for wildlife. I sent lots of photographic evidence to show everything we 've done to make our site a wonderful haven for wildlife. Our plaque will l be displayed with pride sometimes in August on site.
The Great Big Green Week, June 2023
Great big effort from the Great big hotel team. What an amazing built! Building a Great Big Bug Hotel and a Great Big Hedgehog house to protect wildlife is what inspires us to take action to tackle climate change and protect nature.
Coronation Barbecue, May 2023
Well! What a day ! Weather stayed on our side. It was amazing to see so many plot holders at the bbq to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III. Everybody seems to enjoyed themselves getting to know each other . Thanks to the ones who pitched in . But most of all , thanks for putting a smile on our face with an epic turnout .
Harrogate Spring Flower Show, April 2023
Our site was well represented again this year in helping Leeds Allotment Federation to the Harrogate Spring Flower Show 2023 by setting up what a 1950s allotment plot might have looked like versus a 2023 one. Have a look at the video if you can't access the show this week.
The Queen's Green Canopy, October 2022
Our Jubilee tree planting has been uploaded to The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) map and successfully approved. Click here to access .
Our Scarecrow Trail, September 2022
Beautiful passion fruits ' flowers on plot 48, September 2022
Coffee mornings & working parties 2022
Amazing globe artichokes ' flowers on plot 46, August 2022
Sunflowers, August 2022
Sunrise and the alignment of the five planets, June 23, 2022
Our support to local cause NSPCC, July 2022
Our garden party for the Queen Platinum Jubilee, June 2022
Supporting Leeds free litter movement,March 2022
Pumpkin Galore, October 2021