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Called in at the local Blooms Garden Centre today and noticed that they were offering plots of land of about 90 square metres for five pounds a week,two hundred and sixty pounds a year.The plot is prepared and ready to go,with a composter and access to water.For an extra fiver a week a greenhouse and shed with a water butt is provided and is rabbit proofed,and a whole load of freebies and discounted goodies thrown in.
To me it is an awful lot of money to pay out for a small amount of ground and feel that they are trying to cash in on those who want a plot of land in which to grow their own.

Dear Snooky, that sounds the same deal as Wyevale garden centres are doing, maybe the two companies are linked.

oldherbaceous wrote:Dear Snooky, that sounds the same deal as Wyevale garden centres are doing, maybe the two companies are linked.

They are indeed!

http://www.thegardencentregroup.co.uk/W ... lt,pg.html

snooky wrote:Called in at the local Blooms Garden Centre today and noticed that they were offering plots of land of about 90 square metres for five pounds a week,two hundred and sixty pounds a year.The plot is prepared and ready to go,with a composter and access to water.For an extra fiver a week a greenhouse and shed with a water butt is provided and is rabbit proofed,and a whole load of freebies and discounted goodies thrown in.
To me it is an awful lot of money to pay out for a small amount of ground and feel that they are trying to cash in on those who want a plot of land in which to grow their own.

I only have my garden to grow in. That doesn't sound expensive to me.
£10 a week ?

Blooms/Wyevale rent equates to a rent for a standard allotment of £866 per year. Bet that'd get the waiting lists down