Scot plot guide Q3:layout 7 - Scottish Allotments and Gardens Society

This guide waswritten bymembers of theScottishAllotments andGardens SocietyExecutiveCommittee forthe AllotmentsRegenerationInitiativeAllotments –A Scottish Plotholder’s GuideContentsThis guide covers the basic culture of allotment gardening andallotment law. A range of organisations that can give you further help,advice and support is mentioned throughout and contact details arelisted in Resources.1 Introduction to allotments.........................................12 Provision ......................................................................33 Tenancy agreements and rules ..................................64 Rents and funding ......................................................75 Health and safety on allotments...............................86 What you can and cannot do on an allotment........97 Beekeeping and other livestock ..............................118 Protection and legislation........................................129 How do I get started? ..............................................1410 Resources...................................................................16GlossaryAllotment garden: More commonly ‘plot’. To beused wholly or mainly in the cultivation of fruitand vegetables for use by the plotholder andfamily. See legislation for legal definition.Allotment provider: The organisation that rentsout the allotment plot to the plotholder. Oftenalso known as the ‘Landlord’.Allotment site: Collection of allotment plots.Devolved management: Arrangement by whichthe allotment gardeners manage the allotmentsite themselves in formal agreement with theallotment provider. The allotment gardenersusually form an Allotment Association in orderto function in this role.Lease: Legal document signed by an allotmentassociation operating under devolvedmanagement.Local authority: One of Scotland’s 32 directlyelected bodies covering the whole of Scotlandwith the responsibility to provide allotments.Missive of Let: Tenancy agreement, rentalagreementOrganic cultivation: A gardening methodwithout the use of chemical fertilisers orpesticides, focusing on increasing the naturalhealth of the soil.Plotholder: The person renting the plot from theAllotment Provider.Rural Affairs and the Environment: ScottishGovernment Department with responsibility forallotments.