Birmingham Gardeners’ Show 2010 at Kings Heath Park, 4th-5th Sept.

For the last two years, we have entered displays at Kings Heath Gardeners’ Weekend (now called Birmingham Gardeners’ Show).  This year, we are going to enter a stall  for competition again.

We are looking for people to volunteer their time and produce to compete in the allotment section.

Everyone who has been involved in previous shows have volunteered their time and energies for free, so it would be wonderful if more plot holders could help this year.

So if you are plot holder at Court Lane and would like to help, then please feel free to contact us.

You can see some photos from last year on our Flickr site.

Walsall Road Allotments Summer Fayre

Our not too distant neighbours, Walsall Road Allotments, will be having their Summer Fayre on Saturday 14th August at 12pm.  Admission is free and there will be activities and food to be enjoyed.

Below is a screengrab from their website.

Folk and Pub Games Night Saturday 31st July 2010



A fun night is planned for plotholders, association members and their guests on Saturday 31st July. We have booked a folk band and there will also be pub games. Starting at 7pm, there will be a fish & chip supper (veggie pizza & chips for vegetarians).

The cost is £4 per ticket, which includes food and soft drinks. Please note, tickets are limited, so don’t delay!

Tickets are available from Ken Edmunds (site secretary) or from the Allotment Site Shop. All tickets must purchased by 28th July.

Beekeeping Talk Saturday 21st August at 2pm

All our bee colonies appear to be thriving. Please ask Lin or Ming if you want to know more about what the bees are up to.

We are fortunate in being able to ask Julian Routh from Sutton Coldfield and North Birmingham Beekeepers to give us a talk about beekeeping. It is a FREE event (donations welcome) to all Court Lane Allotments plotholders. We are also extending the invitation to other allotment sites in the Birmingham/Sutton area.

The date for your diaries is Saturday 21st August 2010 at 2pm in the marquee at Court Lane Allotments.

Light refreshments will be available.

Spring Fair – 23rd May 2010

It appears that we are getting slightly behind updating you, but hopefully it just means it’s all the more worthwhile once things are up on the site.

The Spring Fair on 23rd May was a wonderful success, and the fact that the sun chose to shine on us made it even more enjoyable.

We have some photos of the day’s activities and we are hoping to have some more soon. Thanks to Ken for taking the photographs.

Below is the slideshow and here is the direct link to them.

Spring Fair – Sunday 23rd May

UPDATE – Veg Talk on 15th May.

Our planned Veg Talk has been postponed and will now take place on Saturday 15th May at 1pm. All are welcome and is a free event.

Spring Fair Planning – Sunday 9th May

We are planning this year’s Spring Fair which will be on the 23rd May so we are holding a meeting on Sunday 9th May at 3.30pm at the plots.  We would like as many plot holders as is possible to attend  that we can discus and plan the work that needs to be done.

The Spring Fair is always well attended by the public and is an integral part of raising funds for the maintenance of Court Lane Allotments.  We would welcome any help no matter how small and it is also a great way to meet and get to know other plot holders.

Thank you to all for your support.

Lord Mayor’s visit 12th May and Open Day 23rd May

Here are another two dates for your diaries.

On 12th May at 11am, the Mayor is coming to open the Community Garden. If you can help with the preparation of the borders and weeding over the next 10 days, please do so. Every little helps. We hope to get quite a bit done over the Bank Holiday weekend, so please do spare some time (even an hour or two) to help us get it looking nice. The local press will be in attendance, so it should be good publicity for Court Lane Allotments.

The planned date for the Spring Open Day is Sunday 23rd May. We urgently need volunteers to prepare items for stalls, bake for the cake stall and volunteer to help set things up and help run stalls on the day. Please see a member of the Committee if you are able to help.

Veg Talk at Court Lane Allotments – Date changed to Saturday 15th May at 1pm

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