how to join
To enquire about plot availability and membership, please contact our lettings secretary - email [email protected] or telephone 07850 332117. Alternatively you can visit our shop at Piggotshill on a Sunday morning between 10am and 12pm.
Please note that applicants for an allotment must have an AL5 postcode. This requirement does not apply for associate membership.
Please note that applicants for an allotment must have an AL5 postcode. This requirement does not apply for associate membership.
cost of renting an allotment
Our plot rental year runs from 1st April-31st March and rents are due on 1st March annually. From 1st March 2019 plot rental the fees are £6.00 per pole. The average plot is 5 poles* making the total £30.00 per year, we also have a small number of half plots available. The rent includes water on all of the sites and the use of our machinery including mowers and strimmers You are also covered by our public liability insurance. There is a 10% discount for anyone in receipt of the state pension at the time of rent renewals. There is also an administration fee on joining of £15.00, regardless of age. Full membership also entitles the allotment holder to purchase goods at the Society Shop (see below).
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
For a small annual cost of £3.50 you can become an associate member. This allows you to use our members shop situated on the Piggottsill Allotment site with main entrance in Dark Lane, Harpenden. The shop is open Sunday mornings from 10 to 12, and stocks a wide range of horticultural supplies at very reasonable prices. You can join any time in the shop and membership runs from 1st April to 31st March.
Annual Renewal and review of fees
Any changes to plot rental or associate membership fees are approved at the Society's AGM in May each year. In the May 2018 AGM it was agreed to increase the rental cost from March 2019 to £6.00 per pole to cover the rising costs of machinery repair and water.
Renewal letters and emails are sent out towards to end of February each year. Renewals of plot rental and associate membership are due 1st March each year and fees can be paid online or in the Ted Allen room next to the Society's shop at Dark Lane Harpenden on the first 3 Sundays in March.
Shop opening times are 10am to 12pm every Sunday except over the Christmas holidays.
*Please note that a 5 pole allotment corresponds very approximately to an area of 125 square etres (Reference - The National