WATA Committee Meeting Bullet Points – 10th July 2025 & WATA/WTC Meeting Bullet Points 21st June 2025

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Apologies for the delay in getting these out to tenants. Please find below Bullet Points from our last Committee meeting and the last Committee/Woodley Town Council meeting. Simply click on the image below if you would like a PDF to download and read offline.

If you have any questions/comments, then please let us know by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post – ‘Leave a Reply‘- or by emailing readingroadplots@woodley-allotments.org.uk and we will get back to you with a response.

Finally, we continue to build up our revised Mailing List, if you have not already joined it, you can opt-in here.

Dobies Seeds Group Scheme for 2025

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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

      Association General Meeting – 15th September 2025

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      HI everyone. Our next Association General Meeting will be held on Monday 15th September 2025 at 7.30pm at the Oakwood Centre in Woodley.

      Rather than having a guest speaker this time and as it six months since the last AGM, we thought it would be a good idea to give a ‘Half-Term’ report on what the Committee has been doing over the last six-months and what the Committee is intending to do over the next six months. This evening will also include by a Question & Answer session.

      So if you have time, please come along, hear what has been happening, bring your suggestions and also anything you would like to see changed.

      Looking forward to seeing you on the 15th.

      Many thanks &
      Kind regards

      Mike McNamara
      Chair – WATA Committee

      Newsletter Editor – What would you like to see?

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      The Allotments Association is on the lookout for a new Newsletter Editor.

      It has been quite a while since we last published our Newsletter, which is another way of keeping all tenants informed about various news items and other activities.

      Would you be interested in contributing to the community of the allotment site? Past newsletters were published in PDF form, with originals being created in PowerPoint & Word, though you don’t have to use either. Perhaps a new design refresh might be in order, do you have ideas? What would you like to see in a revived Newsletter?

      If you’re interested, simply contact the Committee on readingroadplots@woodley-allotment.org.uk and we will arrange a meeting to discuss your ideas for a Newsletter revamp.

      Here are two links to past copies of the newsletter to give you an idea of what used to be published.

      Border Marking – Red Posts

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      The Committee has this week started the Woodley Town Council (WTC) project to re-mark out all the plots on our Allotment site.

      Over the next few months, you will begin to see red topped stakes appearing on your plot areas, these will serve two purposes.

      One is to define the area of your plots as WTC believe it to be, the other is to define an approx. 40cm divide/pathway between the sides of each defined plot, these in some cases have completely disappeared and need to be reestablished. The final divide/pathway between the rear of adjoining plots (e.g. B/C, D/E, F/G & H/J) due to the erratic nature of some of the read divide/pathways will be addressed later on.

      Once you see the Red topped stakes on your plot, please do not move or remove them. If you believe that there has been an error made in the marking of your plot/border, please contact the Committee on this email address and we will meet with you to address the issue.

      This project will take some time to complete and may appear at times being randomly carried out. However, we appreciate all tenant’s cooperation during the period of this task.

      Many thanks &
      Kind regards

      Mike McNamara
      Chair – WATA Committee

      WATA Committee Meeting Bullet Points – 10th July 2025

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      Please find below Bullet Points from our last Committee meeting. Simply click on the image below if you would like a PDF to download and read offline.

      If you have any questions/comments, then please let us know by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post – ‘Leave a Reply‘- or by emailing readingroadplots@woodley-allotments.org.uk and we will get back to you with a response.

      Finally, we continue to build up our revised Mailing List, if you have not already joined it, you can opt-in here.

      Fruit Trees & Bushes – 2025

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      It looks like this year has been a good year for fruit, but now it’s that time of year when you need to be considering next year’s Fruit Trees and Bushes purchases.

      See below for this year’s competitive price list and all the information you need for ordering, payment and delivery.

      Click on the image below to download your copy of the Order Form. Happy Planting.