Chilton Lane East Allotments

Chilton Lane East allotment site has 110 plots varying from half plots to full plots. We recently entered two competitions and did really well.

The first one was the Kent Allotments and Garden Council competition. It was held on the 1st of July 2013. We had to enter 6 plots to enter the competition. It was extremely difficult to pick 6 plots out of 110, but we did.

In the main competition: 
Jim Bailey came 7th, John Millgate joint 9th with Paul and Kaye Daniels, Godfrey Power 12th, and Malcolm Humphries joint 13th with Margaret and Chas Cummins.

The Golden Grow Trophy (best leisure garden)
Paul and Kaye Daniels came 2nd, J. McCarthy and M. Warden 3rd and Lauren Lambert 5th.

Joan Sparks Trophy (under 40’s)
Lauren Lambert came 1st, Mrs N. Macaulay 2nd and Chris Price 3rd.

Jack and Lil Conyard Trophy (children)
Chilton School plot came 1st and Ella Lambert 2nd.

Bloomfield Memorial Trophy (large site)
Chilton Lane East allotment site came 2nd.

Medway Trophy (6 best plots)
Chilton Lane East allotment site came 4th.

Ladies Cup
Dot Bryant came 4th, Lynne Goff 5th, W. Marsh and B. Bleasdale 8th, Sue Appleton 9th, Mrs Adey 10th, Barbara Roe 11th, Miranda Dunn came 12th, Lorraine Blay 13th and S. McDonald 14th.

I mentioned to the plot holders that I had entered the allotment site into 2 competitions but I did not remind them when they were. I wanted the allotment site to be judged on how we are on a daily basis.

We also entered the Kent Wildlife Trust competition. We have a school plot on our site and they did very well in achieving Bronze and Chilton Lane East allotment site achieved Silver. We were extremely thrilled with this result and are waiting for the feedback on improvements that can be made to the allotment site. We will get the feed back at the presentation ceremony. Once again plot holders were informed that I had entered the site into a competition but not when it was taking place.

On Sunday August 11th we held our annual site BBQ. 80 people attended and we had a very lovely time. Everyone said how much they enjoyed themselves and there was plenty of food for everyone.
 
At the BBQ we held the judging of the onion competition. There were some very good onions even if one was not edible. After all the onions had been weighed Jim Bailey won 1st prize, Paul Daniels came 2nd, Sheila Redmond 3rd and Godfrey Power 4th. After the plot holders saw the onions that won, there are now more plot holders keen to try and beat the record. The challenge is now on! We are a very friendly allotment site and try to be as encouraging and positive as we can.

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Chilton Lane Allotment BBQ Photo's