Stoney Road Gardens Association

First the good news: a hedgehog has been seen on site. There was a reported sighting a few weeks ago near plot 114. The bad news is that a rabbit has also been spotted, on the path near plot 103. It hopped off onto the railway embankment as I approached.

The next round of plot inspections will take place in the spring. As demand for allotments grows, so the pressure on allotment associations to ensure that all their plots are fully cultivated also increases. Stoney Road has nearly forty people on its waiting list, but it's the same picture all over the country. Some local councils are now demanding monthly plot inspections or sending in their own officers, unannounced,  to make spot checks.

Stoney Road Gardens Association is continuing with its bid to secure Heritage Lottery Fund money for the restoration of the five listed buildings on the site. Registered users click here to read full details.

Liz Shaw and Laura Birkett from Heritage Lottery Fund's Birmingham Office visited Stoney Road Gardens May. They viewed all the listed buildings on the site and advised on how to proceed with our bid for Heritage Lottery Fund money. Logged-in users can read their full report.

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The Secretary met George Demidowicz (Head of Conservation and Archaeology for the city council) and Paul Perry (Planning Dept of city council) and together they inspected all the listed buildings on site. Mr Demidowicz concluded that the buildings on plots 13 and 9 could be restored and that the work needed was desperately urgent. He was fully in favour of restoration.