Topsham Allotments and Gardens Society
Topsham Allotments and Gardens Society
Welcome to the website of Topsham Allotments and Gardens Society (TAGS).
We celebrated our 50th anniversary as society in 2017 and today we are a thriving group of more than 150 members who live mostly in Topsham or the surrounding area.
Our common interest is in gardens and gardening. While most members have gardens of all sizes or allotments or, indeed, both, membership is open to all with this interest. So, if you share this love of growing things, have a look at the benefits of TAGS Membership by clicking on the button below.
What's On
Wednesday 11th June - OUTING BY COACH TO RHS ROSEMOOR
Leave Holman Way car park at 9.30am, The Nelson at 9.35am. Return Topsham at about 5.30pm. Tickets for coach and garden to cost £13 for TAGS members, £15 for non members.
- Start feeding lawns and rake out moss. However please don’t mow this month to help insect wildlife to develop. No Mow May!!!
- Dead head daffodils and leave the leaves to die down. Do not tie up the leaves.
- Remove brown and dead fronds from common garden ferns so that you have all fresh green in summer.
- Ponds – if you are lucky enough to have tadpoles, do not pull out any plants until they become frogs and leave them a ramp to climb out.
- Plant summer bulbs if you have not already done so.
- Plant runner beans and any vegetables you expect to harvest in the summer.
- Remove pots from forced rhubarb and leave plants to recover until next year.
- Take care of young plants even May can still have the occasional frost.
- Finally weed-weed-weed
But don’t forget to sit with a cuppa and admire your work.
Sue Parr, Garden Rep.
The Show Goes On!
We are delighted that Rosie Hanvey and Richard Carson have got together to be our Show Secretaries and they have already got things under way. Put Sunday August 17th in your diaries now!
The Photo and Poetry Competitions are going ahead and also the Children’s Classes in the main Show, all of which generated a lot of impressive entries.
However children, parents and grandparents may want to spend any wet half term days thinking about what they might make for the Children’s Classes and of course children can enter the Poetry Competition too. Full rules will be printed in next month’s Estuary.
And warm sunny days can be spend sowing, planting and weeding for entries for the main Show, as well as your own pleasure.
The classes are going to be:-
Children’s
• Jungle Fun.
• Rainbow Bunches
• Under the Sea
Photo Competition
- Garden View
- Plant Portrait
- Bugs and Blooms.
Poetry Competition
- The Secret Life of a Garden
The council has told us that the allotment fees from September 2023 to September 2024 are £8.35 per rod. Please mention it to your allotment neighbours just in case they don't see our various communications.
Ralph Hare, on behalf of the Site Managers
Details of what is involved are available and getting more involved with TAGS is a great way to widen your circle of friends and get involved in the community.
HELP WITH OUR MEMBERS OPEN GARDEN SCHEME
Also, as our activities continue to grow and improve, we are looking for a 3rd Garden Rep whose sole Job would be to organise 3-4 open gardens for each Spring and Summer for TAGS members only. You would liaise with our Social Sec's Stella and David and garden owners to help organise visits to their gardens, help provide and drink tea on the day and ensure things go smoothly!! For more info give Stella and David a call on 01392 877318. This may also involve biscuits!!
