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links to 'starting allotments' case studies
- This is a description of a 'work in progress' in an area with a supportive council. Alness & District Allotments Association has been created, has been offered suitable land and has a strategy worked out for the next stages - we wish them luck in their hope to open in Spring 2008!
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links to 'regeneration' case studies:
- This is a good description of how the Richmond allotments in Rutherglen were turned round from a decrepit eyesore to a flourishing success story with the help of a supportive local council
- This describes how the Newburgh Orchard Gardens Association in Fife persuaded their local council to support the allotments and not to sell the land to a developer.
- Another story with a happy ending where allotmenteers in Cumbernauld formed an association and saved their plots from the housing developers
More case histories of allotment regeneration (mainly from England, but still highly relevant) can be found on the ARI's Regeneration in Action pages. Scotland has two ARI mentors (contact details on the ARI site)and anyone wishing to start a new site or regenerate an old site should contact them.