Colchester Allotment Association (CAA) is an independent voluntary organisation that promotes allotment gardening and works to preserve allotments and support allotment holders. (Colchester Borough Council administers allotment rentals and regulations.)
For a small annual subscription, members receive:
- four newsletters each year
- discounted seeds
- other retailers’ discounts
- talks and other events
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Colchester Allotment Association
Colchester Allotment Association (CAA) is an independent, voluntary organisation, promoting and supporting allotment holders and grow your own enthusiasts alike, primarily in the Borough of Colchester.
This years Annual General Meeting will be held at Quaker Meeting House on Tuesday the 9th of April at 7pm. We encourage all members who are available to come along.Each year as a requirement of being an Association we hold a meeting to elect new or re-elect existing Committee members. Important topics relating to Allotments and the Association, and news about this years upcoming events are also discussed. There is a break usually part way through or at the end for free refreshment. It can also be a great way to meet and talk to other members or raise issues of concern or ideas about how the Association can improve. There is no bar to entry for Committee members, as long as you have passion, some free time, and useful skills to add.
Last but not least is the Best Carved Pumpkin category. It’s heart-warming to have gardeners of all ages take part in our events and we hope to see even more of you at events and competitions throughout this year. #growyourownfood #pumpkin #homegrown #vegetablegarden #allotmentuk #producecompetition #vegpatch #colchester #colchesterallotments #allotment #allotments #CAA #essex #growyourown #vegetables #garden #gardening #pumpkins #pumpkincompetition #allotmentlife
Flashback ⏳ to October when we held the Pumpkin Competition and one of our new categories was Tastiest Pumpkin Pie🥧. Amazing efforts from members of the CAA which can be seen here and were rewarded with certificates. Bonus pictures of our chairperson Addrian sampling the pies, he does the hard work so we don’t have to. CAA member and 🥇 first prize winner also brought along some pumpkin cake for everyone to sample. #pumpkincompetition #pumpkin #growyourownfood #vegetablegarden #allotmentuk #vegpatch #producecompetition #pumpkins #allotmentlife #gardening #garden #vegetables #homegrown #growyourown #essex #CAA #allotment #allotments #colchester #colchesterallotments
Photos from Colchester City Council’s post
We hope you’ve had a great holiday period and are as excited to begin a new growing season as we are! In just over a weeks time is the annual Potato Day, below is a message we were forwarded by the organisers:"We have for many years held Potato Day at Stonham Barns, but aftera 2 year break due to covid, the hire charge for Stonham is unfortunately prohibitive and we have therefore re-located to Otley College (suffolk rural).Our return last year to Otley College proved successful for all involved and although we are currently a smaller event than in previous years with regards to the number of varieties for sale, we are hoping to remain and flourish at OtleyPotato Day is organised by volunteers from 3 organic gardening groups, Suffolk Organic Group based at Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich Organic Gardeners Group and Norfolk Organic Group.It is a seed potato sale whereby gardeners can buy seed potatoes per tuber froma selection of 40+ different varieties, so if someone had 6 pots on their patio, they could buy a different variety for each pot and only buy 6 potatoes!We are also welcoming Alan Romans, who will be giving a talk on ‘Amateur Potato Breeding’.ALAN ROMANS was formerly a biology teacher but is now a full-time potato enthusiast, a specialist potato roguer (selector of seed potatoes) and consultant to potato breeders."