Chinbrook Meadows Allotments, London

Chinbrook Meadows is going from strength to strength. Fifteen years ago they were down to 6 plotholders on a site of 95 plots. New plotholders were often disheartened by the amount of work needed to clear plots and also the heavy clay soil that they found underneath. The association have used the ARI grant to clear overgrown plots and ship in large quantities of sand and manure to make the soil more manageable. They have been able to let all of the plots they've cleared so far - and the new plotholders seem to be staying on!