#1 The full-service allotments
Roots Allotments is a new allotment scheme in Bath offering fully serviced, no-dig, veg-growing spaces. Soon to be expanding into other UK cities, it's tearing up the rule book of traditional allotments
Ed Morrison started growing vegetables when he lived with his grandmother in Devon during the first Covid lockdown of 2020. “It was superfulfilling,” he says, “to be in touch with nature, to be outside, to get your hands in the soil when the world was so crazy.” When he moved back to London after lockdown, this was a feeling he couldn't shake off.
Meeting up with old friends, Will Gay and Christian Samuel, for a game of squash or a couple of pints, he couldn't stop talking about growing. “I've just been obsessed with it since I started.” Will agreed that growing things in his tiny back garden in south London had also boosted his wellbeing during the pandemic, and the three friends decided to get an allotment together.
On discovering that the local council waiting
