Plant & Seedling Sale
Sunday 19th May 11am - 1pm. Outside the cafe
Home-grown seedlings and plants for sale
closing time until sat 26th October
closing time until sat 30th March
Autumn Social - Sunday 29th September
Sunday 29th September
Christmas Cafe
Sunday 15th December 11am - 1pm
Seedy Sunday
Sunday 9th March 11am to 1pm
Plant & Seedling Sale
Sunday 4th May, 11am - 1pm
Autumn Social
Sunday 25th September, 11.30 - 1.30pm
Christmas Cafe
Plotholders' Question Time
Sunday 29th January 2017, 12:30pm
Annual General Meeting 2014
Thursday 13th November, 7.30pm for 8pm start
Christmas Cafe 2015
Sunday 20th December 11am to 1pm
Whatever the weather...
Plant Sale
Sunday 24th April, 11am to 1pm
Summer Produce and Flower Show
Sunday 28th June, 11am - 1pm
Autumn Social
Sunday 13th September, 11am - 1pm
Seedy Sunday
Sunday 28th February, 11am - 12.30pm
Seedy Sunday
Sunday 26th February 2017, 11am - 12:30pm
Plant Sale
Sunday 7th May 2017, 11am - 12:30pm
Learn Hedge Laying
Weds 28th January, 10.30am
Winter fruit pruning workshop
Sunday 1st March, 11am - 1pm
Winter Fruit Pruning Workshop
1st March 2015
AGM 2014
13th November 2014
Farewell to the Nixes
Annual General Meeting 2015
Thursday 12th November
Who will win Best Half Plot now that David's on the committee and can't be nominated?
Autumn Social 2015 Pumpkin Competiton Results
Sunday 12th September 2015
Plotholders' Question Time
Sunday 24th January 2016
Annual General Meeting 2016
Thursday 17th November
Autumn Social and Produce Show
Sunday 24th September 2017
Fruit Pruning Workshop
Sun 12 February 10.15am – 11.30am
Plotholders’ Question Time
Sunday 28th January, 12:30 - 1:30pm
2017 Plotholders' Question Time
Seedy Sunday
Sunday 25th February 11.00 – 12.00 (NB earlier finish time)
Plotholders enjoying Seedy Sunday
What to do in June
Sow runner beans direct outside
Plant and Seedling Sale
What to do in July
Plant out brussels sprouts seedlings
Summer 2018 opening time
From winter time to 30th November
What to do in August
Here’s a freshly harvested lettuce
What to do in September
Chillies will keep ripening well into September
Autumn Social and Produce Show
Sunday 16 September 2018, 11.00am – 2.00pm
Event poster
Composting
Sunday November 18th, starts 12:30pm
Christmas Cafe
16th December, 11am - 1pm
Plotholders’ Question Time at Seed Store Café
Sunday 27 January 12.30 – 1.30pm
Seedy Sunday
Sunday 24 February 11.00am – 12.30pm
Mike’s 20 Questions Quiz
Sunday 17 March 12.30 – 1.30pm
Plant and Seedling Sale
Sunday 5 May 11.00 – 12.30pm
Autumn Social and Produce Show
Sunday 15 Sept 11.00am – 2.00pm
Work Day - Sunday 19th May
Sunday 19th May, 11am
And now for something completely positive…
Sunday 7 July, 1 pm – 2 pm
Work Day
This Sunday, 21st July at 11am
Rescheduled - Plotholders’ Question Time
Sunday 19 April 12.30 – 1.30pm
Plotholders' Question Time
Seedy Sunday
Sunday 15 March 11.00 – 12.30pm
Seedy Sunday
Plant Sale
Sunday 17 May 11.00 – 12.30pm
Plant Sale
Autumn Show - CANCELLED
Sunday 13 Sept
Rainwater Harvesting…and beyond!
Sunday 15th March at 12:30pm
Ben's water butt system on his plot
Autumn Show CANCELLED but - Pumpkin and sunflower competition to go ahead
Sunday 13th September
Photo Shoot
September 19th/20th
What to do in October
Late-season apples ready for storage.
What to do in November
Net brassicas to protect from pigeons
What to do in December
Prune signs of canker from apple and pear trees
Non-Social Christmas Event on Sunday December 13th
Sunday December 13th 11am - 12:30pm
What to do in January
Sow broad beans in deep pots
What to do in February
Planting shallot sets
What to do in March
Sow Florence fennel seeds indoors
What to do in April
Oriental mustards sown under cover
What to do in May
Wait until the weather has warmed up
What to do in June
Thin out kale seedlings
Centenary Autumn Show - Competitions
Sunday 3rd October
The RPA Seedling Sale
Sunday 16th May, 11am - 12.30pm
Centenary Autumn Show
3rd October
Cool Crazy Bug
St John’s RPA Centenary service
Sunday 10th October, from 9.45am
RPA Christmas Café 2021
Sunday 19th December 2021
Seedy Sunday
Sunday March 20th 11am - 12 noon
Pumpkins waiting to be weighed
Start planning and sort out those seed packets!
Donate your spares and buy some new varieties
Please label donated seed packets clearly – name, variety, date-collected
AND
Register for:—
- The Tallest Sunflower (under 15s)
- The Biggest Pumpkin
Seeds for these will be on sale – 60p for adults and 30p for children
PLUS
Hazel coppice bundles will be available for purchase.
Winter Fruit Pruning Workshop
SATURDAY 19th February 2pm
Plotholders Question Time
Sunday April 24th, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Your allotment questions answered by our esteemed panel.
Looking for advice on what to grow and how to grow it?
Losing the battle with those pesky weeds?
Come along on Sunday 24th April and get tips and advice from our in-house experts.
Enthralled PQT audience
Past Plotholders Question Times have covered topics such as:
- How to avoid tomato blight
- Crop rotation
- Battling weeds
- Veg for a shady site
- Keeping the mice and rats off the sweetcorn
We will be outdoors this year with cover provided should it rain.
Come to the Seed Store Café earlier on the day for a pre-event chat with your fellow plotholders over a tea and slice of cake.
And don’t forget our very useful month by month guide on what to do in April – click here.
Plant sale
Sunday 15th May 11am - 1pm
Purchase a range of vegetables, flowers and fruit plants grown and donated by plotholders.
The Royal Paddocks Allotments has held a sale of plants grown by plotholders for many years.
All monies raised go to the association’s funds.
Please come and support this annual event.
If you have any surplus plants/seedlings to donate please bring them along on:
Saturday 14th May: Between 9-12:30 to plot 35;
Sunday 15th May: 9-10:30 next to the café.
All donations should be clearly labelled, giving the variety where known.
You will have access to priority buying from 10:45 if you donate plants.
Sale opens to all at 11:00
There will also be:
Sunflower/scarecrow and pumpkin competition registration;
Second-hand garden tools and the RPA centenary book for sale.
Please bring cash as there is no facility for card payments.
The café will be open at the usual time for tea, coffee, squash and homemade cakes.
Beekeeping talk / demo
Sun 12th June, 12:30pm at Seed Store
What do beekeepers do all year?
How do bees make honey?
Why do bees swarm?
Want to know what the RPA beekeepers and their bees get up to in the apiary?
We all know the importance of bees for pollinating our crops but here’s your chance to find out first hand and see some bees up close (safely) outside the Seed Store Café.
Natural Dye Talk and Display
Sunday 10th July, 12:30pm
Interested in how plants can be used for dyeing and printing fabrics?
Come along to a display and talk from one of our plotholders.
There will also be a tour of the presenter’s plot to see the dye plants and plants used in the printed fabrics.
The display will show the range of colours possible together with examples of botanical printing.
An ‘allotment grown’ jumper will be on show.
Who knew that even bindweed can look good?
Family Crafts Workshop
Sunday 4th September, 12:30 by the Seed Store Café
Get your kids working on their entries for the Children’s Crafts Competition at the Autumn Social.
Find out how to:
- Turn a plastic bottle into a plant pot
- Use onions to dye fabric
- Make instant plant dye prints
There will be demonstrations, displays and a chance to have a go at making plant dye prints.
Free seedlings and instruction sheets will be provided for the plant pot demonstration.
Fabric will be provided for the plant printing.
You can bring your own flowers and plants. Some plant-based materials will be provided.
IMPORTANT: Children must be accompanied throughout the event by parents/guardians
Christmas Café 2022
Sunday 18th December, 11am - 12:30pm
RPA Tea towels £6, RPA bags £8, the RPA Centenary History Book £10 and other goodies that would make excellent Christmas gifts will be on sale.
Cash only, so please bring plenty of small change.
Autumn Social - Outside Seed Store
Sunday 11th September, 11am - 2pm
The culmination of the social calendar!
Celebrate the season with food, drink and friendly produce competitions.
PRODUCE SHOW
Your chance to impress and win a rosette by:
- Showing your best veg, fruit and flowers
- Entering your jams, chutneys and pickles for tasting
Click here for the Show Categories 2022
COMPETITIONS – Have you got
- The Heaviest Pumpkin?
- The Tallest Sunflower?
- The Best Scarecrow?
PLUS the Children’s Crafts competition
Pumpkin entries may be left by the incinerator on the day, clearly marked with Plot number, name and age if under 15.
All entries must be registered by 11:30
Show volunteers may register from 10:45, all others from 11:00
HOME PRODUCE and GIFTS STALL
Stock up early on Christmas gifts
Preserves and handmade crafts plus our ever-popular RPA tea towels and bags for sale
GRAND RAFFLE – with fabulous prizes
REFRESHMENTS
The Beer Tent and Seed Store Café will be open for drinks and home made cakes
NO PARKING in the Seed Store area – free Sunday street parking
Volunteers needed - Work Party
Sunday 27th February, 11am
Meet outside the Seed store café and bring a stout pair of gloves.
We organise work parties every year to ensure the communal areas on the RPA site are maintained and kept in good order.
This first work party for 2022 is earlier than usual as we have some specific work to do before the nesting season.
One of the tasks is to improve access to the orchard area that Ruth and her team are bringing back to life. This involves clearing and levelling the paths plus building up the dead hedge.
There will be a range of jobs for all physiques, so please do come along and help. Even if you can only spare a half-hour, it all counts.
If you are planning to come, it would be very helpful if you could send an email to plotholderscommittee@rpa.org.uk so that we have an idea of numbers and we can make sure we are ready for you.
2022 AGM
Tuesday 15th November 7:45pm
RPA AGM November 2021
Come and hear what the Plotholders’ Committee and all the other volunteers have been up to in 2022, and cheer for the Best Plot winners
This year, the AGM will be held at:
St Mary’s Parish Hall, Langham Road, Teddington
TW11 9HF
This is a large airy hall that should allow plenty of space for us.
It is located on Langham Road, just off Teddington High Street, behind the Landmark Arts Centre.
It is some 10 minutes’ walk from Teddington Station, along the High Street, then right into Langham Road. From Hampton Wick, it is served by the 281 and 285 buses up Kingston Road – alight at the Teddington Lock stop, turn left into Ferry Road and first left into Langham Road. It is opposite Sainsbury’s.
The doors will open at 7.30 pm. The meeting will start at 7.45 pm and should finish before 9.00pm.
We need 40 members to be quorate, which is necessary for approving the Treasurer’s Report, 2021 minutes and electing the new committee for the coming year.
The agenda will include the standard items:
Chairman’s report, Treasurer’s report, Election of the committee for the coming year and Best Plot awards. Anyone who wants to propose an item for the agenda should either email us or drop a note in the letterbox in the shed by the pedestrian gate. The deadline is Monday 24th October.
In line with our Constitution, the Final Agenda will be displayed on site two weeks prior to the meeting.
Anyone wishing to stand for the Plotholders Committee for 2022-2023 should fill in a nomination form, complete with the names, plot numbers and signatures of a proposer and seconder.
There are nomination forms on a chair just inside the door of the shed by the pedestrian gate, or you can download a Committee Nomination Form.
Please post completed forms through the Committee shed letterbox by Monday 24th October.
If you have questions, please email info@rpa.org.uk
Please come along and show your support.
Seedy Sunday and Café reopening
Sunday 5th March 2023, 11am
Come along to exchange or buy home-saved and surplus seeds outside the Seed Store café.
Please label ‘home-saved’ seed packets clearly – name, variety, date-collected.
Register for the Autumn Show competitions:
- Tallest Sunflower (under 15s)
- Biggest pumpkin
- Best scarecrow.
Follow-up with a cup of tea or coffee and a slice of home-baked cake and celebrate the reopening of our popular Sunday café.
Indoor seating should be available again, for the first time In three years, so don’t let the weather keep you away.
Please remember to bring cash as there is no facility for card payment.
Plant Sale
Sunday 14th May 2023
Purchase a range of vegetable, flower and fruit plants, grown and donated by plotholders.
Monies raised go to the association’s funds.
Please come along and support this event.
If you have plants to donate, please bring them along to the area outside the Seed Store café either:
Saturday 13th May 14.00 – 16.00
Or
Sunday 14th May 10.00 – 10.30.
All donations must be clearly labelled, giving the variety where known.
If soil from a plot with mare’s tail is used, please mark very clearly.
Priority buying from 10.45 on the day for those who donate plants.
Sale opens to all at 11.00 – a queueing system will be in operation.
There will also be:
Sunflower, scarecrow and pumpkin competition registration;
Second-hand garden tools and RPA tea towels and bags for sale.
Please bring cash as there is no facility for card payments.
The café will be open at the usual time (11am) for tea, coffee, squash and homemade cakes.
As the area will be taken up fully by the event, please note that there is NO PARKING in the café area on the day. On-street parking is free on Sundays.
Autumn Show
Sunday 3rd September, 11am - 2pm
The culmination of the social calendar!
Celebrate the season with food, drink and friendly produce competitions.
Win fabulous prizes in the Grand Raffle
PRODUCE SHOW
Your chance to impress and win a rosette by:
- Showing your best veg, fruit and flowers.
- Entering your jams, chutneys and pickles for tasting.
Click here for the Produce Categories
COMPETITIONS – Have you got
- The Heaviest Pumpkin?
- The Tallest Sunflower?
- The Best Scarecrow?
Pumpkin entries may be left by the incinerator on the day, clearly marked with Plot number, name and age if under 15.
CHILDRENS COMPETITION
My Plot in a Box – for children up to 7 years old
Use any materials to create a mini plot in a box (shoebox size)
My Plot in a Picture – for children aged 8-11
Your picture, collage or photo of your plot, or part of your plot (A4 max size)
All entries must be registered by 11:30.
Show volunteers may register from 10:45, all others from 11:00.
HOME PRODUCE and GIFTS STALL
Stock up early on Christmas gifts.
Preserves, gifts and our ever-popular RPA tea towels for sale.
REFRESHMENTS
The Beer Tent, BBQ and Seed Store Café will be offering a choice of refreshments.
NO PARKING in the Seed Store area – free Sunday street parking.
PLEASE BRING CASH – there is no facility for card payments.
Winter Fruit Pruning Workshop
Saturday 4th Feb 2023 at 11am
Expert advice on how to prune apples, pears and soft fruit.
Meet outside the Seed Store at 11.00
The group will then proceed together to a couple of plots to follow a practical demonstration of the pruning of an apple tree and soft fruit bushes.
If you can’t make the session or would like to read up a bit beforehand, check out the valuable tips provided from previously held sessions by clicking the links below:
Notes from the RPA Fruit Pruning Workshop held on 19 February 2022.
Notes from the RPA Fruit Pruning Workshop held on 1 March 2015.
Plotholders Question time
Sunday 16th April 2023 at 12:30
Bring your allotment questions along for our experienced panel to answer.
If you have any particular issues with growing on the plot or how to use your produce, you can send your questions to events@rpa.org.uk so that the panel can prepare their advice.
Do come early on the day to support the café and grab a cuppa and a slice of cake.
There will also be a further opportunity to buy seeds or second-hand tools plus register and collect seeds for the Autumn show competitions (11.00 – 12.15)
2023 AGM
Tuesday 7th November 2023, 7.45pm
St Mary’s Parish Hall, Langham Road, Teddington TW11 9HF
Come along to hear our report for the past year and to cheer for the Best Plot winners.
St Mary’s Parish Hall is some 10 minutes’ walk from Teddington Station, along the High Street, then right into Langham Road. From Hampton Wick, it is served by the 281 and 285 buses up Kingston Road – alight at the Teddington Lock stop, turn left into Ferry Road and first left into Langham Road. It is opposite the Sainsbury’s car park.
The doors will open at 7.30 pm. The meeting will start at 7.45 pm and should finish before 9.00pm.
Please come along if you can. We need 40 members to be quorate.
The agenda will include the following standard items:
Chairman’s report, Treasurer’s report, Election of the committee for the coming year and Best Plot awards. Anyone who wants to propose an item for the agenda should either email plotholderscommittee@rpa.org.uk or drop a note in the letterbox in the shed by the pedestrian gate. The deadline is Monday 16th October.
In line with our Constitution, the Final Agenda will be displayed on site two weeks prior to the meeting.
Anyone wishing to stand for the Plotholders Committee for 2023-2024 should fill in a nomination form, complete with the names, plot numbers and signatures of a proposer and seconder.
There are nomination forms on a chair just inside the door of the shed by the pedestrian gate, or you can download a form by clicking here
Please post completed forms through the Committee shed letterbox by Monday 16th October.
If you have questions, please email info@rpa.org.uk
Work Party
Sunday 2nd April from 11am
Come along and help keep our communal areas in good order.
We meet outside the Seed Store café – there’s a free hot drink for all volunteers!
Work Party
Sunday 11th June from 11am
Come along and help keep our communal areas in good order.
We meet outside the Seed Store café – there’s a free hot drink for all volunteers!
Work Party
SATURDAY 19th August from 11am
Come along and help keep our communal areas in good order.
We meet outside the Seed Store café.
Work party
Sunday 8th October from 11am
Come along and help keep our communal areas in good order.
We meet outside the Seed Store café – there’s a free hot drink for all volunteers!
Special Café event – Remembering George
Sunday 25th June from 11 – 12.30
George Loosemore 1935 - 2023
George passed away earlier this year and his family were too far away to be able to mark his passing, so we are holding a café session in his honour.
Sadly, Joe Sell, a fellow plot holder and friend of George’s also passed away this year.
His family have offered his tools for sale on the day to raise funds for the RPA.
We will also be planting a rose in remembrance of Joe and George – two great characters who will be missed.
Stone Fruit Tree Pruning or Flower Arranging
TBA
Need to prune your stone fruit trees?
Want to show off those flowers you have grown?
Two demonstrations are on offer.
Pick which suits you and come along to a demonstration on the plot.
- Pruning for maximum cropping with expert Richard Read
- The art of flower arranging with Lizzie Read
Meet by the Seed Store café at 11.45
Christmas Café
Sunday 17th December 2023
Come along to our festive end of year café session.
Raise a glass/mug with your fellow plotholders and enjoy the delicious home made cakes.
Christmas hats optional!
RPA Centenary tea towels will be for sale, priced at £6 – ideal for those last minute Christmas presents.
This will be the last café until Super Sunday on 10th March 2024, so do come along and support us.
Super Sunday
Sunday 10th March, from 11am
Come along to exchange or buy home-saved and surplus seeds outside the Seed Store Café.
Please label ‘home-saved’ seed packets clearly – name, variety, date-collected.
Register for the Autumn Show competitions:
- Tallest Sunflower (under 15s)
- Biggest pumpkin
Follow-up with a cup of tea or coffee and a slice of home-baked cake and celebrate the reopening of our popular Sunday café.
Please remember to bring cash as there is no facility for card payment.
Plotholders Forum
Sunday 14th April 2024, 12:30pm start
New plotholder? Or just keen to learn more?
Come along and hear from our panel of home-grown experts.
They will be talking about their experience of managing a plot and be ready to answer your allotment questions.
Anything from simply what to plant and how to compost through to methods such as ‘no dig’, companion planting and crop rotation may be covered.
If you already have something specific to ask or are not able to make the day, send your question to events@rpa.org.uk so that the panel can prepare their advice.
Do come early on the day to support the café and grab a cuppa and a slice of cake.
Seed Store Cafe open from 11am.
Plant Sale
Sunday 19th May 2024
Purchase a range of vegetable, flower and fruit plants, grown and donated by plotholders.
All monies raised go to RPA funds.
If you have plants to donate, please bring them along to the area outside the Seed Store café either:
Saturday 18th May 14.00 – 16.00
Or
Sunday 19th May 9.45 – 10.15
All donations must be clearly labelled, giving the variety where known.
If soil from a plot with mare’s tail is used, please mark very clearly.
Priority buying from 10.45 on the day for those who donate plants.
Sale opens to all at 11.00 – a queueing system will be in operation.
The café will be open from 11am for tea, coffee, squash and homemade cakes.
Our ever-popular RPA tea towels will also be on sale.
CASH ONLY.
There is no facility for card payments.
NO PARKING in the café area on the day.
On-street parking is free on Sundays.
Autumn Show 2024 – Outside Seed Store
Sunday 8th September, 11am - 2pm
Celebrate the season with food, drink and friendly produce competitions.
Win fabulous prizes in the GRAND RAFFLE.
PRODUCE SHOW
Your chance to impress and win a rosette for:
- your best veg, fruit and flowers
- your jams and chutneys.
NEW categories for 2024!
Wonky veg., unusual fruit/veg, veg. casserole ingredients on a plate.
And back by popular demand – bake a cake using produce from your plot.
Click here for all the Produce Categories.
Get the kids involved with family COMPETITIONS:
Heaviest Pumpkin; Tallest Sunflower; Best Scarecrow.
Plus a kids-only effort please – Plot in a Box.
Details for all these can be found on our site noticeboards.
ALL entries must be registered by 11:30am.
Show volunteers may register from 10:45am, all others from 11am.
HOME PRODUCE and GIFTS STALL
Stock up early on Christmas gifts.
Preserves, gifts and our ever-popular RPA tea towels for sale.
REFRESHMENTS
The Beer Tent, BBQ and Seed Store Café will be offering a choice of refreshments.
NO PARKING in the Seed Store area – free Sunday street parking.
PLEASE BRING CASH – there is no facility for card payments.
Work Party
Sunday 7th April from 11am
Come along and help keep our communal areas in good order.
We meet outside the Seed Store café – there’s a free hot drink for all volunteers!
Work party
Sunday 9th June from 11am
Come along and help keep our communal areas in good order.
We meet outside the Seed Store café – there’s a free hot drink for all volunteers!
Work party
SATURDAY 10th August from 11am
NOTE: This work party is on SATURDAY.
Come along and help keep our communal areas in good order.
We meet outside the Seed Store café – bring your own hot drink!
Work Party
Sunday 6th October from11am
Come along and help keep our communal areas in good order.
We meet outside the Seed Store café – there’s a free hot drink for all volunteers!
Bee-keeping talk and demo
Sunday 23 June 12.30pm
Come along to hear about this fascinating topic from one of our qualified beekeepers.
The talk and demo will take place outside the Seed Store café.
2024 AGM
Tuesday 19th November 2024, 7:45pm
St Mary’s Parish Hall, Langham Road, Teddington TW11 9HF
Come along to hear our report for the past year and to cheer for the Best Plot winners.
St Mary’s Parish Hall is some 10 minutes’ walk from Teddington Station, along the High Street, then right into Langham Road. From Hampton Wick, it is served by the 281 and 285 buses up Kingston Road – alight at the Teddington Lock stop, turn left into Ferry Road and first left into Langham Road. It is opposite the Sainsbury’s car park.
The doors will open at 7.30 pm. The meeting will start at 7.45 pm and should finish before 9.00pm.
Please come along if you can. We need 40 members to be quorate.
The agenda will include the following standard items:
Chairman’s report, Treasurer’s report, Election of the committee for the coming year and Best Plot awards. Anyone who wants to propose an item for the agenda should either email plotholderscommittee@rpa.org.uk or drop a note in the letterbox in the shed by the pedestrian gate. The deadline is Monday 28th October.
In line with our Constitution, the Final Agenda will be displayed on site two weeks prior to the meeting.
Anyone wishing to stand for the Plotholder’s Committee should fill in a nomination form, complete with the names, plot numbers and signatures of a proposer and seconder.
There are nomination forms on a chair just inside the door of the shed by the pedestrian gate, or you can download a form by clicking here.
Please post completed forms through the Committee shed letterbox by Monday 28th October.
If you have questions, please email info@rpa.org.uk.
Pop-up Plant Sale
Sunday 16th June from 11am
Outside the Seed Store café. Tomato plants and more.
Bring cash for plants please
Christmas Café
Sunday 15th December
Merry Christmas!
Mulled wine will be on offer.
Tea, coffee and lots of delicious home-made cakes too
Do come along and support us – Christmas hats optional!
And if you need last minute Christmas gifts, you can buy:
RPA Centenary tea towels for £6
RPA Centenary books for £10
Don’t forget – cash only.
Autumn Show 2025
Sunday, 31st August 11am - 2pm
Win great prizes in the GRAND RAFFLE.
PRODUCE SHOW
Your chance to impress and win a rosette for:
• your best veg, fruit and flowers
• your jams and chutneys
NEW Flower categories for 2025!
Three identical dahlias in a small vase up to 20 cms
My plot in a small vase up to 20 cms.
And back by popular demand – Wonky veg!
Click here for all the Produce Categories.
Get the kids involved with family COMPETITIONS
Heaviest Pumpkin; Tallest Sunflower; Scarecrows
ALL entries must be registered by 11.30 am on the day.
Show volunteers may register from 10.45am, all others from 11am.
HOME PRODUCE and GIFTS STALL
Stock up early on Christmas gifts.
Preserves, gifts and our ever-popular RPA tea towels for sale.
REFRESHMENTS
This year it’s BYO picnic – please take your own rubbish home with you.
Hot drinks, squash and delicious home-made cakes will be available at the seed store cafe.
NO PARKING in the Seed Store Cafe area – free Sunday street parking.
Super Sunday
Sunday 9th March 2025
Come along to exchange or buy home-saved and surplus seeds outside the Seed Store Café.
Please label ‘home-saved’ seed packets clearly – name, variety, date collected.
Register for the Autumn Show competitions:
- Tallest Sunflower (under 15s)
- Biggest pumpkin
Follow-up with a cup of tea or coffee and a slice of home-baked cake and celebrate the reopening of our popular Sunday café.
Please remember to bring cash as there is no facility for card payment.
Plant Sale
Sunday 4th May 2025
Purchase a range of vegetable, flower and fruit plants, grown and donated by plotholders.
All monies raised go to RPA funds.
If you have plants to donate, please bring them along to the area outside the Seed Store café either:
Saturday 3rd May 14.00 – 16.00
Or
Sunday 4th May 9.45 – 10.15.
All donations must be clearly labelled, giving the variety where known.
If soil from a plot with mare’s tail is used, please mark very clearly.
Priority buying from 10.45 on the day for those who donate plants.
Sale opens to all at 11.00 – a queueing system will be in operation.
For PLANT SALES ONLY, we will be trialling a cashless system which takes all major debit & credit cards, via chip & PIN, contactless or mobile payment.
Cash will also be accepted and remains the ONLY WAY TO PAY FOR YOUR CAFÉ REFRESHMENTS.
The café will be open from 11am for tea, coffee, squash and homemade cakes.
NO PARKING in the café area on the day. On-street parking is free on Sundays.
Tool Maintenance
Sunday 26th January - 11.30
Meet at the Seed Store cafe for this demonstration.
Warm clothing advised.
Work Party
Sunday 15th June, from 11am
Volunteer weeding
Come along and help keep our communal areas in good order.
We meet outside the Seed Store café.
Work Party
THURSDAY 10th July - from *10am*
A refreshed work party
Come along and help keep our communal areas in good order.
We meet outside the Seed Store café.
Work Party
Sunday 17th August, from 11am
Plot rubbish clearance
Come along and help keep our communal areas in good order.
We meet outside the Seed Store café.
Work Party
Sunday 12th October, from 11am
Come along and help keep our communal areas in good order.
We meet outside the Seed Store café.
Annual General Meeting
Tuesday 11th November 2025 7:45 pm
St Mary’s Parish Hall
Come along to hear our report for the past year and to cheer for the Best Plot winners.
St Mary’s Parish Hall is some 10 minutes’ walk from Teddington Station, along the High Street, then right into Langham Road. From Hampton Wick, it is served by the 281 and 285 buses up Kingston Road – alight at the Teddington Lock stop, turn left into Ferry Road and first left into Langham Road. It is opposite the Sainsbury’s car park.
The doors will open at 7.30 pm. The meeting will start at 7.45 pm and should finish before 9.00pm..
Please come along if you can. We need 40 members present to be quorate.
The agenda will include the standard items: Chairman’s report, Treasurers report, Election of any newly-nominated committee members and Best Plot awards. Anyone who wants to propose an item for the agenda should either email us or drop a note in the letterbox in the shed by the pedestrian gate. The deadline is Monday 20th October.
In line with our Constitution, the Final Agenda will be displayed on site two weeks prior to the meeting
Anyone wishing to stand for the Plotholders Committee for 2025-2028 should fill in a nomination form, complete with the names, plot numbers and signatures of a proposer and seconder.
There are nomination forms on a chair just inside the door of the shed by the pedestrian gate, or you can download / view a form by clicking here.
Please post completed forms through the Committee shed letterbox by Monday 20th October.
If you have questions, please email info@rpa.org.uk.
Talk - Prepping for next season
Sunday 5th October, 12:30pm
Would you like to know -
• What you could grow through the colder months?
• How to put your plot to bed for a few months?
• How to avoid being overwhelmed at the start of next season?
A chance to hear from a fellow plotholder and ensure a great start to the growing season next year.
Zoe, who is also an ambassador for the National Allotments Association, will be sharing her experience and top tips.
Come along with all your questions for her and share your own tips.
Meet outside the Seed Store cafe at 12.30.
Christmas Café
Sunday 14th December, 11am -12.30pm
Festive Fare
This will be the last cafe of the season, so come and celebrate with your fellow plotholders.
There will be hot drinks and delicious home-made cakes
Do come along and support us – Christmas hats optional!
And if you need last minute Christmas gifts, you can buy:
• RPA Centenary tea towels for £6
• RPA Centenary books for £10
Don’t forget – cash only.