'ALLOTTED'
- Conversations with Allotment Gardeners,
by
Ros Davis
I've been visiting Bolton allotments and talking to
allotment gardeners since December 2015. It's been an overwhelmingly positive
and fascinating experience - even in the rain!
This is one of the areas we covered: What having a
plot means to people.
Plots have transformed lives,
provided relief from pressures, kept people going. Here are the things people
said:
'it's my little
piece of heaven', 'my peaceful place', 'it's so peaceful', 'a sanctuary', 'a
release', 'thereapeutic', 'healing', 'it's somewhere to escape to', 'where I
can be alone', 'lose myself', your own domain', I feel at home', I just like
being there', 'there's lovely views', 'it's my own', 'I come every day', 'it's
really rewarding, friends always ask about the allotment'.
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