Dobies Seeds Group Scheme for 2025

Hi everyone,

Just when you thought it was time for a bit of a rest with your allotment as you gaze at this year’s harvest, it’s now time to think about next year’s seed ordering!

Teresa Buley (Plot E18) will be once again be running the organising of the seed ordering.

The process for getting this year’s seed order is:

  • Click on the image of this year’s Dobies Seeds Group Scheme Order Form at the bottom of this post and print it out
  • If you can’t print this form out, copies of the order form (along with a number of print catalogues) will be left in the covered box attached to the Allotment Notice Board at the Reading Road gate entrance
  • If you have internet access, visit the Dobies Seed website – https://www.dobies.co.uk/
  • Browse through the online and/or print catalogue and fill out the form, using the prices from the online website or in the print catalogue
  • Once you have your sub-totals, work out the applicable discount, 20% for Packet Seeds and 5% for non-Seed Live Products (i.e. Plants, Potatoes, Onion Sets etc.)
  • Add the discounted totals to the final total in the bottom right corner of the Order Form and this is what you need to pay
  • Payments should be made direct to Teresa Buley either via Cheques along with the completed Order Form, or via Cash or Bank Transfer to Bank Sort Code: 09-01-26, Bank Account: 23892418
  • Completed Order Forms and Full Payment need to be with Teresa by 30th November 2025.

Any questions, please contact Teresa on teresa.buley@woodley-allotments.org.uk.

Our thanks go to Teresa for once again, organising this massive task.

Many thanks &
Kind regards

Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee

      December Newsletter

      We have just published our December Newsletter.

      We still continue to hand-deliver paper copies to plot holders who do not have an Internet connection(a little late this month), as well as posting on the Official Facebook Group page and on the Notice Board by the main gate.

      We encourage all tenants to ‘Opt-In‘ to our mailing list to receive their copies of the Monthly Newsletter and other publications by email.

      P. S. Don’t forget, you have until the 7th December to get your Seed Orders to Teresa Buley, you can download a copy of the Seed Order Form here.

      You can now download your copy of the December Newsletter by clinking on the image below.

      November Newsletter and Seed Catalogue Special Bulletin are now available.

      We have just published our November Newsletter and a Special Bulletin (SB) containing information about this year’s Seed Catalogue sales.

      We still continue to hand-deliver paper copies to plot holders who do not have an Internet connection, as well as posting on the Official Facebook Group page and on the Notice Board by the main gate.

      We encourage all tenants to ‘Opt-In‘ to our mailing list to receive their copies of the Monthly Newsletter and other publications by email.

      You can now download your copy of the November Newsletter, Special Bulletin and a PDF fillable Seed Order Form by clinking on each image below.

      Enjoy.

      Date for your Calendar – Friday 15th April 2022 – Read on!

      Our Allotments Association have had a long lasting relationship with the Huntley & Palmers Allotments Association based at the Culver Lane Allotments site and tenants have been able to purchase many of their on-site shop products using their ‘Trading Shed’ low-cost membership together with the annual H & P Price Lists, published for your convenience in our Special Bulletins.

      The Trading Shed

      Now, in a first for our Association and in a joint venture, we are going to stage a Pop-Up shop on the Reading Road site. Huntley & Palmers ‘Trading Shed’ has offered to bring many of their shop products to our site for you to purchase and they will also be able to take orders for anything that they don’t have with them on the day.

      The date for your calendar is Friday 15th April 2022 from 10am till 12.30pm. The Pop-Up shop will be located outside the Launchpad poly-tunnel at the bottom of Jersey Knoll (Rows J-K).

      We expect this to be the first of a number of events we are looking to stage this year so please come along and support this innovative event.

      Seed sowing – Time for a swap?

      Although it might still only be the third week in January, it’s time to start thinking about what seed you might what to be sowing the in the coming months.

      If your interested in swapping seeds then the Reading Food Growing Network maybe a place for you to visit. It runs seed swaps at community events throughout the year.

      Check out their Seed Swap page for an event that Covid allowing my take place near you. You can also swap seed via email, check their list of available seeds for swapping for more details.

      Planning for the year ahead

      What’s in store for 2021 on the allotment?

      With the current cold weather holding us back from many tasks on the allotment, now is the time to start planning for this years activities.

      Have you bought your seed yet? How are you planning your allotment layout? Well, here’s a few links that we think will help you on your way.

      • From 2020 to Preparing for 2021 – An interest site full of ideas and suggestions which we have linked to before in our monthly newsletters.
      • Allotment Year Planner from Gardeners World – Site that is brimming with information.
      • If this is to be your first year on an allotment, then maybe this ‘Getting Started’ guide from the RHS will be of help in your 2021 planning.
      • Lastly a great page from Pinterest about Allotments, full of images with links to related allotment information

      If you have any suggestions, why not comment on this post to share it with all of our fellow plot holders.

      Finally, the committee would like to wish all plot holders both a Happy New Year and great success with your plots in 2021.