Scotland: Edinburgh gardeners ‘waiting up to 14 years’ for highly prized allotment plots
Edinburgh Live found that locals are waiting for over a decade for allotments, due to high demand for the city’s 1,700 garden plots which are dotted around the capital.
By Nicholas Malizia
Edinburgh Live
19 NOV 2024
Excerpt:
Plots at West Mains and Inverleith saw the longest waits with some gardeners awaiting plots since 2010.
The long queue is linked to high demand for the popular plots, which has grown in recent years and surpasses the amount available.
There are currently about 1,700 plots in the city’s stock. Council data shows that the waitlist for an allotment in March 2020 was 2,310 (140 per cent of allocation) which increased to 5,658 (352 per cent of allocation) in November 2021.
Ian Woolard, the city’s allotments officer of 33 years, spoke to Edinburgh Live about the work he loves and the challenges that come with reducing the city’s waitlist.
He said that in a given year, around 100 plots become available. Council data shows a turnover rate of about eight per cent per year.
Ian said: “I first came here in 1992 and there was still a four year waiting list for [Inverleith allotments]. The whole dynamics of allotments changed in the last 33 years.”
Source: https://cityfarmer.info/scotland-edinburgh-gardeners-waiting-up-to-14-years-for-highly-prized-allotment-plots/
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