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- World Heritage Day
On Saturday 19 April 2026, as part of World Heritage Day, David Butler led a group of twenty visitors and plot-holders across the allotments and through the churchyard, exploring the rich historical and archaeological significance of the two sites. Beginning with the extraction of building material for Durham Cathedral, leaving the present hollow where sandstone… Read more: World Heritage Day - Dead hedge installation
A big thankyou to all the team – Steve, Claire, John, Jill, Sally and Vicky – who assisted with the installation of the ‘dead hedge’ alongside Plot 71 and many thanks to Josh for organising. Thank you as well to Tommy Minns (Wildwood Treeworks) for providing some of the stakes and assisting with the work.… Read more: Dead hedge installation - Big improvements are coming!
We have been successful in obtaining £19,976 of grant funding from the National Lottery Community Fund to implement our ‘Enhancing Greenspace in the City project’. The funded works include :  (i) upgrading 232m of decayed paths, not currently wheelchair accessible; (ii) 50m of gapping-up native hedging; (iii) installing furniture for public use on the central Common… Read more: Big improvements are coming! - Bird boxes
We are very grateful to Tony Gibson, of the Durham Bird Club and Northumbria Ringing Group, who arranged for sponsored birdboxes to be made, and then spent a very wet morning (assisted by a group of plot holders) putting them up around the allotments. The birdboxes were sponsored by plot holders and we also have… Read more: Bird boxes - New look for website
We have updated our website with a new look. You can now subscribe to our seasonal newsletter and apply for a plot. Plotholders can log in for extra information. - Open day 2025
Details of the forthcoming SMAA Open Day in partnership with the National Garden Scheme can be found in the pamphlet below.