Hello, I’m Jack. I live and work in Surrey, where I run a 36m² polyculture-style allotment that’s full of wildlife and home-grown produce. I’ve spent the past three years training & working with a highly-respected garden designer, developing strong planting and maintenance skills.

My allotment, viewed from the front. On the right is a herb garden with several herbs, and on the left is a strawberry tower and pollinator plants. The central veg bed features 2 varieties of potatoes, broad beans, lettuce, spring onions, French and dwarf beans, peas, tomatoes, radish, beetroot and chard. Behind this are a wildlife pond and flower section, with a fruit garden and more flowers at the back.

The back of my allotment features juicy golden raspberry canes, three distinct varieties of rhubarb, six dwarf fruit trees, deliciously sweet blackcurrant bushes, and a huge variety of flowers that attract bees, butterflies, and birds. Over 30 different flower species bring colour and vibrancy from March until the first frosts.

This is a typical weekly harvest from a small section of the allotment bed in the heat of summer—imagine the abundance if the entire space were dedicated solely to food! The harvest includes tomatoes, celery, courgettes, carrots, chard, melons, cucumbers, beetroots, spring onions, and runner beans.