Allotments Collection

Allotments Success
A couple and their son rejoice as the first seed sprouts in their allotment

Dig for Victory poster - WWII
World War Two poster encouraging British civilians to dig for victory, featuring somebody doing just that

View from Wincobank Hill looking towards River Don Works with the Gun Shop in the background
From an original at Sheffield Libraries: w00107

Port Sunlight Village plan, Wirral, early 1900s. Date: early 1900s

Leek Show winners
Two prize winners at a Leek Show displaying their impressive vegetables alongside a couple of equally impressive mantel clocks, presumably their prizes

Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) Javelin F1 variety, freshly dug roots, Powys, Wales, January

Vegetables growing in raised beds on garden plot with greenhouse in background Cheltenham UK
MAB-1314 Vegetables growing in raised beds on garden plot with greenhouse in background Cheltenham UK Mark Boulton contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Garden fork in dug soil on allotment, Suffolk, England, august

Allotments WW1
" The way of the war with the allotment: the gentle art of making the most of it." A page in The Graphic, detailing allotments in 1918. Date: 1918

Distribution of awards, Great London Exposition, 1862, London, United Kingdom, Europe

04.04.1978 GDR East Berlin district of Weissensee. Exhibition of the small animal breeding division D 34 and the allotment garden Sonnental. Berlin

04.04.1978 GDR East Berlin district of Weissensee. Exhibition of the small animal breeding division D 34 and the allotment garden Sonnental. Private sale of cacti. Berlin

Aerial view of Bergedorf West, housing estate, block of flats, cooperative, house, large housing estate, outskirts, school, sports field, railway, station, convenient for transport, green

Aerial drone birdseye view of allotments gardens in Norfolk, UK on a summers day. Plenty of green open space and fresh vegetables

Daniel Gottlob Moritz Schreber, 1808, 1861, a German doctor and professor at the University of Leipzig and initiator of allotment gardens, c

Historic photograph, berry harvest in an allotment garden, around 1928

Gardener cuts draught from hedges, England, Great Britain

Couple, older couple sitting in the allotment garden at the table in front of the arbour, around 1920, Germany, Europe

Family harvests berries in the allotment garden

Liskeard, Cornwall, May 1949
View of the Cornish town of Liskeard, May 1949. St Martins church overlooks the streets of houses below and a row of allotments

Cotton Augustus I ii 69 A Plan of Part of the Marches of Calais, 1541 (ink on vellum)
BL3260204 Cotton Augustus I ii 69 A Plan of Part of the Marches of Calais, 1541 (ink on vellum) by Lee, Richard (c.1513-75); British Library, London

Gardening, p.54 from The Gardener's Labyrinth, by Thomas Hill, 1651 (woodcut)
BL3703422 Gardening, p.54 from The Gardener's Labyrinth, by Thomas Hill, 1651 (woodcut) by English School, (17th century); 14.7x10 cm; British Library, London

The White Tenement, 1913 (oil on canvas)
TBM228335 The White Tenement, 1913 (oil on canvas) by Spencer, Robert C. (1879-1931); 76.2x91.9 cm; Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA; Photo © Brooklyn Museum; John B. Woodward Memorial Fund

Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) plays with a dead common garden frog (Rana temporaria) on allotment, North London, England, during coronavirus lockdown, March 2020

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Allotments at Fulham Palace, Greater London, 2021

Junior's allotments, Port Sunlight, Wirral

The Allotments Green, East Knoyle
A landscape oil painting of a farmer working in some countryside allotment fields in East Knoyle, a village in Wiltshire. Date: circa 1918

Crop rotation as practised by the Early English (lithograph)
5999287 Crop rotation as practised by the Early English (lithograph) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Crop rotation as practised by the Early English)

Allotment studies by G. E. Studdy
No. I. - Back to the land and what it fills like

What digging for victory really means, 1940
This is what Digging for Victory really means, 1940. Growing vegetables in an allotment or garden. Date: 1940

An Every-day Scene in 1917 by W. E. Wigfull
Women and children working on the land take a moment to gaze up at the sky as a military aircraft flies above. 1917

Firemens Farm in the Heart of the City WWII
In the centre of London near St. Giles Cripplegate, firefighter members of the N.F.S

Three Houses (oil on canvas)
HEH372365 Three Houses (oil on canvas) by Spencer, Robert C

Aha! My rabbit, I ve caught you eating your neighbours cabbages
CHT177892 Aha! My rabbit, I ve caught you eating your neighbours cabbages

Girls working on a rooftop vegetable garden, Manhattan Bridge visible beyond, New York
MNY381223 Girls working on a rooftop vegetable garden, Manhattan Bridge visible beyond, New York

Actor Bill Treacher (Arthur Fowler) on the EastEnders set at Elstree. 4th October 1985

Snow at Stockton Allotments. County Durham, 1971

Allotments to beat food prices: Mr. Roger Bennett and his wife Audrey
Allotments to beat food prices: Mr

Sandra Hewison is a founder member of the Boldon Colliery Ladies Leek Club in June 1979

Mel Daglish in South Moor whos championship leeks have been slashed in his allotment in August 1998

A gardener working with his prize leeks on his allotment in August 1996

Some well cared for allotments on Rectory Road in Gateshead in July 1995

Residents of Luxembourg City seen here tending their allotments. Luxembourg. April 1975 75-2201-014

Pensioner John Potter has lost the heart for his life-long hobby of kleek growing after his latest show crop was deliberately destroyed in August 1984

Leek grower Alan Rowntree is pulling out all the stops to protect his prize leeks in August 1981. He has installed floodlighting and puts in all night vigils to fend of theives

Dereliction along the quayside in Newcastle. The Golden Lion pub pictured above allotments and pigeon lofts. 20/10/80

Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cub at the entrance to the den on allotment, North London, England. April 2020

Woman on allotment - 2
A woman bends over and plants onion sets in the well-prepared soil of her allotment in Northern England. The background shows ramshackle allotments and on the skyline is a church tower

Woman on allotment - 1
A woman bends over and plants onion sets in the well-prepared soil of her allotment in Northern England. The background shows ramshackle allotments and on the skyline is a church tower

Red Fox (Vulpes Vulpes) in allotment, North London, England UK

WW2 poster, Dig on for Victory, designed by Peter Fraser. Showing a man with home-grown vegetables and a gardening fork. Date: early 1940s

How to start an allotment during WW1
Diagram in The Sphere advising readers how to start work on a raw piece of ground in order to create an allotment

Productive allotment gardens Settle Yorkshire UK
MAB-1009 Productive allotment gardens Settle Yorkshire UK Mark Boulton contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Ticket Inspectors Allotment Prize Giving, 1922
South East and Chatham Railway Travelling Ticket Inspectors Garden Allotment Prize Giving in Catford, July 1922. Date: 1922

Royal WW1 allotment visit, 1918: Queen Mary and piglet
King George V(1865-1936)and Queen Mary(1867-1953) inspecting small allotments in south London, 1918. Queen Mary looks delighted to be presented with a piglet from a wicker basket. Date: 1918

A Glimpse of the Moat, Donaghadee - a view over allotments towards the moat on the hill. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Donaghadee). Date: circa early 1900s

Waiting For The Off. Carlin Howe, N Yorks 1970s 1970s

Edwardian Children Tending Allotments, Newport Pagnell, near Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. Date: 1910

Allotments in Fleet Street, London, WW1
Quite possibly the innermost allotment in London, a plot between Fleet Street and Fetter Lane cultivated by two sisters, the Misses Kersey, where they grew cabbages, cauliflowers, beetroots

Growing vegetables for victory, WW1
A page from The Graphic demonstrating the wide variety of ways the British population was growing vegetables during the First World War

The Allotments (1917). Pissarro, Lucien 1863-1944. Date: 1917

Rural Love, 1882 (oil on canvas)
BAL90200 Rural Love, 1882 (oil on canvas) by Bastien-Lepage, Jules (1848-84); Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia; (add.info.: L Amour au village; ); French, out of copyright

Vegetable Gardens and the Moulin de Blute-Fin on Montmartre, 1887 (oil on canvas)
XOS1765501 Vegetable Gardens and the Moulin de Blute-Fin on Montmartre, 1887 (oil on canvas) by Gogh, Vincent van (1853-90); 44.8x81 cm; Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Dutch

Reverend J Walton blesses the war allotments at Croydon 13 May 1917

Schoolchildren helping to spray allotment holders potatoes at Ewell 22 June 1917 9 July 1926

Onion (Allium cepa) harvested homegrown bulbs, drying out on wire covered wheelbarrow, Shropshire, England, August

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Scarecrow on public allotments vegetable plots Date:

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Scarecrow on public allotments vegetable plots Date:

Picture No. 10770603
Young Girl - with watering can watering vegetable / kitchen garden Date:

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Young boy - with watering can watering vegetable / kitchen garden Date:

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Girl - watering garden with watering can Date:

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Man - digging in vegetable garden Date:

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Man - digging in vegetable garden Date:

Vegetables growing under cloche with watering can in garden, Kirk House, Chipping, Preston, Lancashire, England, May

Runner Bean (Phaseolus coccineus) crop, growing in wicker container in garden, Chipping, Lancashire, England, July

Snigs End, Gloucestershire, where Feargus O Connor set up a Chartist Land Scheme where allotments of 2 acres and a cottage were made. From The Illustrated London News, February 1850

Allotment with fine mesh cage to keep out insect pests, Dorchester, Dorset, England, August

Vegetable garden and farmhouse, Millom, Cumbria, England, July

Snow covered urban allotment with greenhouse and compost bins, Norwich, Norfolk, England, January

Snow covered urban allotment with greenhouses, Norwich, Norfolk, England, January

Snow covered urban allotment with greenhouse, Norwich, Norfolk, England, January

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"Allotments: A Glimpse into the Past and Present" Step back in time to Sheffield, Yorkshire, circa 1930. From Wincobank Hill's vantage point, marvel at the sight of River Don Works with the Gun Shop standing tall in the background. In the foreground lie picturesque allotments, bustling with life and activity. During World War II, a Dig for Victory poster served as a reminder of the importance of these plots. People came together to cultivate their own food amidst challenging times. The spirit of resilience was palpable as victory gardens flourished across the nation. Fast forward to Powys, Wales in January - winners proudly display their prized Leek Show trophies. These humble vegetables symbolize dedication and skill that go into nurturing nature's bounty. In Suffolk, England during an August afternoon, a garden fork delves deep into freshly dug soil on an allotment plot. This simple tool represents hard work and determination required to create fertile ground for growth. Cheltenham UK presents raised beds brimming with vibrant vegetables against a backdrop of greenhouses. Here lies undeniable proof that success can be found within these small parcels of land where dreams take root. They have played significant roles throughout history; even during WWI they provided solace and sustenance amidst chaos and uncertainty. Amidst all this rich history stands a solitary white chair – perhaps offering respite or contemplation for those tending their plots nearby. From Port Sunlight's Junior Allotments on Wirral Peninsula to East Knoyle's serene Allotments Green – these spaces are not just about gardening but also fostering community bonds that transcend generations and can more than mere patches of land; they embody stories etched by countless hands working tirelessly over decades. They represent hope, resilience, creativity, and nourishment - both physical and spiritual- reminding us that nature has always been our greatest ally.