Burley Model Allotments
Established 1892 Remodelled 1958
Burley Model Allotments
Established 1892 Remodelled 1958
Well Hello to everyone, you seem to have found our Events page, here you will find a detailed calendar of events for this year.
All of our usual events at the site are listed here, including; all the Committee Meetings, the Coffee Mornings and Plant Sales, Apple Press Afternoons and all this leads up to the Annual Show our crowning glory of the year. The year concludes with the Annual General Meeting.
All of the events we run on the site are for members of the allotment as well as the wider community, without help we would not be able to continue to function, we do need your help so if you can in some small way ease the burden of the few it is most appreciated.
Here’s a few ideas that we always need help with; some baked goods for the Coffee Mornings or the Annual Show, some spare plants for the Plant Sales, Prizes for raffles, some of your time to help put up and take down items like marquees for the Show, help with the Apple Pressing, the list goes on and on but any help you can give would be more than welcome.
Monday 9th Committee Meeting at the Trading Hut 7.00 p.m. All new Committee Members are welcome to join us. Come along and see what happens and find out how the site is managed.
Saturday 14th Apple Pressing to be held at the Trading Hut from 11.00 a.m. - Remember to bring some apples and bottles for the juice.
Most people are shocked when they find out how bad I am as an electrician.
Saturday 28th Annual General Meeting. 11.30 a.m. at the Trading Hut. The usual format will be followed an introduction by the chair followed by the Officer Reports. Here members of the Association are given an update on the progress of the Association through the Officer Reports and are also invited to raise issues for discussion relating to the site at the meeting. A new Committee will be elected and then any changes to the Constitution and rules will be discussed and voted on. We would request that if there are any additional items for the agenda please let us know before the meeting
Saturday 28th. Pumpkin Carving. After the A.G.M. at the Trading Hut. Here is a new activity and one for children of all ages. Be sure to grow some pumpkin’s and bring them along to carve some lanterns.
Monday 13th Committee Meeting at the Trading Hut 7.00 p.m. After the Annual General Meeting a number of new Committee Members will no doubt have joined the committee. If you did not join us at the A.G.M. feel free to pop along and see your Committee in action.
Monday 11th Committee Meeting at the Trading Hut 7.00 p.m.
The new D.T. Brown seed order catalogues will be available from the Hut by December, please call in on Saturday morning to pick up your copy.
There’s a reason they’re called committees. When you’re on one for too long, you start to think about committing something else- suicide, murder or yourself into a mental institute.
"No one is listening until you make a mistake."
"Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you."
Joey Adams
"When life gives you melons, you might be dyslexic."
