Plant Sale
Our annual plant sale will be taking place on Sunday 10th May 12 – 2pm
How can you help?
- We need plot holders to sow seeds now with the plant sale in mind.
- Make a cake or scones to serve with teas or to sell on a separate cake stall.
- The stalls will be Veg and Herbs, Ornamentals, Bedding plants, Cakes and Preserves, Garden bric-a-brac and tools.
- We need volunteers on the day to
- Help set up gazebos and tables 9.30 -10.30
- Set up and run stalls 10.30 am onwards
- Bring plants and cakes 10.30-11.45
It’s always good fun and really worthwhile. Half our funds go to the Harington Scheme. Please email Annie at if you can help, telling her what you can offer. Thank you.
Dates for the diary
Lots happening to put in your diary for the months ahead:
- Wed 8th April – Café at the Barn 10.30 – 12.00
- Sun 12th April – Maintenance working party 10.30 (more details soon)
- Sun 26th April – AGM at 12.00 followed by lunch
- Sun 10th May – Plant sale 12.00 – 2.00
- Sat 27th June – Mid-summer party and jazz band (6 – 9pm)
- Sun 9th August – Brass band
- Sat 12th Sept – Centenary Plant Show
Reminders
- There are still some potatoes, shallots and onions available from the trading shed.
- There will be a Haringey inspection this spring, so do make sure your plot is ‘inspection-ready’, including a visible plot number.
- Please make sure you keep pathways around your plot clear, including any overhanging branches.
- No bonfires are permitted between March – end of October.
- The communal compost area remains closed whilst it is re-organised.
Ponds
Ponds on plots are great for biodiversity of our site. But they can be a danger to young children so please make sure that your children do not stray on to other people’s plots and are supervised at all times.
Forthcoming AGM
Papers for this year’s AGM will be going out shortly. The committee are keen to hear from anyone who is interested in joining the committee, no experience necessary! If you would like to chat to a committee member and find out more please do get in touch at info@shepherdshillallotments.co.uk
Disposing of non-green waste
A few tenants have asked about the possibility of the committee organising an occasional skip. A site wide skip has proved difficult to manage in the past, but individual tenants have successfully arranged for their own mini-skip. Another possibility is for a few interested tenants to jointly organise their own skip. Please notify the committee if one is being arranged.
Centenary cookbook
We are gathering lots of great recipes for our centenary cookbook. Thank you to all who have sent in their recipes. We would now like some recipe testers! If you are interested please write in to info@ for more information.
SHA Committee
March 2026
As part of our 2026 centenary celebrations Jill Russell has been researching and writing a short history of Shepherds Hill Allotments.
She traces the growing of crops on the slopes of Shepherds Hill back to medieval times, and then documents how during the 19th and 20th centuries the allotment site and surrounding land has at various times been farmland, playing fields and even a rifle range! She describes the campaigns to ensure the allotments and surrounding green spaces were protected from development, and the extent of land in Crouch End given over to allotments in WW1 and WW2.
The booklet includes stories from plot holders who’ve had their allotment for many years, and the changes they’ve observed on the site.
The booklet is beautifully illustrated and designed, and includes fascinating old maps and photos.
The booklet is on sale (£5.00 including a donation to the Hornsey Food Bank) in the SHA trading shed every Sunday 11.00 – 12.30 (when the Montenotte Road gates are open for local people to call by). The booklet is also available from House of Books in Crouch End, and from the Hornsey Historical Society on Tottenham Lane.
If you would like any further information, please email info@shepherdshillallotments.co.uk
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