Welcome to the latest news and articles from The National Allotment Society

Five steps to Hot Composting

Speed up your composting and kill pests and weeds

Embracing butterflies and moths in your allotment

An article by The Butterfly Conservation supporting our National Allotments Week theme - Biodiversity

Building Biodiversity into our Allotments

NAS ambassador Zoe Claymore's guide to embrace biodiversity on the allotment

National Allotments Week 2024

National Allotments Week 2024; 12 to 18th August 2024 #NationalAllotmentsWeek24

Show-off celery

David Allison explains how to grow celery for show

No dig on allotments

No dig pioneer Charles Dowding explains the fundamentals of no dig

Seasonal composting

How to keep your compost bin snug and speed up composting

Asian hornet watch

Learn how to identify Asian hornets and how to report sightings

Cauliflower power

5 amazing cauliflowers to grow that are worth the effort

Design a children's allotment

Tips and tricks for creating a children's area on your allotment

Plot your allotment on the map

Help to make allotment data the best it can be.

Winter warmers

Spice up your meal times with delicious recipes from Erin

Water - what you need to know

All you need to know about the water supply fittings regulations 1999

New NAS Ambassador

Meet multi-award-winning garden designer Zoe Claymore

Spiky allotment friends

Tips for helping hedgehogs and wildlife on your allotment

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