Community Gardens at the Poly-tunnel

The St Thomas Allotments Association, provides a Community Garden Scheme at a large poly-tunnel situated at Guys & Hylton allotment n Exeter. This offers small-scale indoor gardening opportunities for the growing of produce and flowers. It is particularly popular with people who find a full- or half-size allotment ground too big for their needs; or who prefer a sheltered, indoor growing area where they can turn up whenever they are free, rather than trying to second-guess unpredictable weather. Given these purposes, members of the Community Garden Scheme do not have to be existing or previous plot-holders at one of the association’s allotments.

FOR THE REVISED INFORMATION ON THE USE OF POLY-TUNNELS, PLEASE CLICK HERE

PLEASE NOTE, THIS REVISION WILL NEED TO BE APPROVED AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING ON 20th FEBRUARY 2024

Feature 1

In the spring of 2019, following successful fund-raising (including a substantial grant from Exeter Chiefs Foundation - thank you), the committee of St Thomas Allotments Association allocated funding for refurbishment of the poly-tunnel. Parts of the structure - principally its outer skin - had degraded over the years. This project, completed in the summer of 2019, has extended the lifespan of the poly-tunnel, creating a lovely space well into the future. In addition, the structure now harvests rainwater, reducing our impact on the environment.

Feature 2

Produce can be grown in the Community Polytunnel in hanging baskets or raised beds where crops and flowers can easily be tended.

Feature 3

Exeter St Thomas Allotments Asociation’s ‘Project Information Sheet’ about the refurbishishment of the well-loved Community Polytunnel in Spring 2019.