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General Meeting – Monday 15th June 2026 –

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Hi All,

Following a suggestion made at the AGM, June’s General Meeting will be held on site. Meet up at 7pm at the Allotment Site Main Gate

We will walk around the site, visiting plots where tenants have issues and would welcome group input, as well as plots where tenants have adopted unique approaches and would like to share their ideas and experiences.

We will finish at the Launchpad Plots, where tea, coffee and biscuits will be available.

If you would like to join us, please let the committee know either via the Facebook Event that we have posted. (https://fb.me/e/7VTSe7z20)
Everyone is welcome, even if you do not wish us to visit your plot. Many of our tenants are relatively new and would welcome the opportunity to pick up tips from more experienced members, so please come along if you can.

Please note that the event may be postponed in the event of heavy rain.

If you have any questions or comments, please let us know by emailing readingroadplots@woodley-allotments.org.uk, and we will respond as soon as possible.

Many thanks &
Kind regards

Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee

WATA Monthly Meeting – Monday 20th April – Sustainable Growing

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Hi all,

Our Association’s first monthly meeting of 2026 will be held at the Oakwood Centre in Woodley on Monday 20 April at 7:30pm.

We will begin with a short update on allotment business, followed by a talk by Krishna Neupane, a member of the Integrated Research and Development Centre (IRDC) in Berkshire. The IRDC works with the University of Reading on growing produce sustainably.

Some of their aims include evaluating plant variety performance and testing whether promoted varieties perform well in real-world or specific conditions. They also focus on understanding environmental interactions—recognising that what works in the lab does not always work in the field. Their work also involves trialling products and practices under natural variables such as rainfall, temperature, soil types, pest pressures, and farm management styles.

Krishna is one of several Nepalese plot tenants at our allotment site, and I am sure this will be a very interesting presentation.

The talk will last approximately 45 minutes. We look forward to seeing you all at our first meeting of 2026.

Many thanks &
Kind regards

Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee

WATA Committee Meeting Bullet Points

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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.

WATA – Monthly Meeting Minutes – 15th Sept. 2025

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As our speaker for the September monthly meeting was unavailable at short notice, the Committee decided to proceed with the meeting and present a ‘half-term’ report on the Committee’s activities since the last AGM, held approximately six months earlier.

Please find below a link to the comprehensive minutes of that meeting. You may notice while reading that some of the items discussed have already been addressed; those that have not, are still being looked into.

I apologise for the delay in getting these out to everyone. If you have any questions about items in the minutes, please contact us readingroadplots@woodley-allotments.org.uk and the Committee will be happy to provide any information required.

Many thanks &
Kind regards

Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee