This month we have had the privilege of receiving an article from our regular volunteer Paul, compiling the experiences of the artist Dame Laura Knight. My name is LAURA JOHNSON, and in this year of 1903, I will marry my fellow artist, Harold Knight. In the meantime, I love being here on Uncle Arthur’s allotment…
Dear friend, August brings us National Allotments Week (7th – 13th August), with a theme this year of Soil Health. Below, Jen explains what we have been doing to help maintain our soil throughout the year, what we will be doing this week to get it ready for the coming months, and a little bit…
There are many early examples of improper behaviour on the Hungerhills. I was reminded of this by a notice found by volunteer Mo Cooper in the Nottinghamshire archives. Town of Nottingham Notice, dated 12th October 1815 Complaints having been made to the mayor and aldermen, that many depredations upon the property, and gross violations of…
Dear friend, June has been a beautiful month up on the allotments with vibrant flowers in bloom and the community harvest in full swing with plenty of salads, kale, herbs, chard and broad beans. And to top off an already fantastic month was a rare wildlife sighting of Red Belted Clearwings by Melanie Penson, Conservation…
The artist Dame Laura Knight is regularly mentioned in relation to the Hungerhill Gardens. Her Uncle Arthur was a tenant during the late 19th century, and, to her biographer, she recalled “Uncle Arthur bringing home washing baskets full of roses from his allotment at Hungerhills, enough to fill three cut-glass bowls followed by the harvest…
National Volunteer Week 2023 National Volunteer Week is an annual celebration of volunteers contributing within their communities in all kinds of ways. At STAA we are excited to join National Volunteer Week again for 2023, and this year we will be running a series of taster sessions for potential volunteers to come and see what…