This year's Annual Scottish Allotments Conference and AGM will be held in the Victoria Halls, Dunblane on Saturday June 18. The conference will be introduced by our President, Ian Welsh. He will talk about the Society’s activities this past year.
We will have speakers from the newly elected Scottish parliament to update us on progress with the guidance and secondary legislation associated with the Community Empowerment Act.
Allotment Association Committees will find themselves with greater powers to manage their site in accordance with the wishes of their plot holders. However with power comes responsibility and the possibility of risk. Speakers with practical experience will explain how plot holder wishes can be ascertained and suggest legal ways to protect committee members from liabilities.
After lunch speakers will focus on practical issues - the protection of butterflies, how to enthuse kids about allotment growing and how to source and grow exciting and delicious potatoes.