Ashford Allotment Society
Ashford Allotment Society is a body set up some years ago to represent all the allotment tenants within the Ashford Borough area. You don't have to do anything to belong, you are automatically a member (unless you request otherwise). For this reason, you are not asked for a subscription and your responsibilities are simply the ones in your tenancy contract.
For the rules of Ashford Allotment Society as issued to the council by the Society, click here.
There are formal roles on the committee which are open to any member to stand for, and you can also put yourself forward as the representative for your allotments (elections are held every 2 years). In addition, there is the Summer Show, the Pumpkin Show in the autumn, and various other events like the Hospice Fete.
For the rules of Ashford Allotment Society as issued to the council by the Society, click here.
There are formal roles on the committee which are open to any member to stand for, and you can also put yourself forward as the representative for your allotments (elections are held every 2 years). In addition, there is the Summer Show, the Pumpkin Show in the autumn, and various other events like the Hospice Fete.
Official communications from the Committee or Chair of the Committee have been put on this website from time to time. When this is the case, it has been made quite clear where they come from. Otherwise material on the website does not represent the Ashford Allotment Society.
List of 'Allotment reps' -
your representative on the committee of Ashford Allotment Society
and your liaison with the Council
Beaver Field - Colin Leek (Colin has a plot on Cryol Road but will be site rep for Beaver Field)
Burton Farm - Mr Mark Chandler
Bybrook Cemetery - Mrs Penny Winston
Christchurch - Vivienne Lawson
Cryol Road - Mr Tony Fagg
Gashouse Fields - Mr Stefan Heathfield
Gashouse Fields Deputy - Mr David Buckingham
Henwood - Christine Green
Jemmett - Vivienne Lawson
Musgrove Farm - Mrs Sue Haste
Orion Way - Mr Roy Taylor
Repton - Mr Bill Shrubsole
Westrees - Ms Brenda Raggett
William and Musgrove New - Mr Mark Cooper
Wye - no site rep at present.
Please note that "William and Jemmett" is a complex of four allotment sites surrounding the 'co-op field' playing fields near Victoria Park. The separate sections are called Christchurch Road, Jemmett Road, Musgrove New and William Road.
We won't give out the personal contact details of individual reps without their express consent. Please bear in mind that not all reps use email.
Burton Farm - Mr Mark Chandler
Bybrook Cemetery - Mrs Penny Winston
Christchurch - Vivienne Lawson
Cryol Road - Mr Tony Fagg
Gashouse Fields - Mr Stefan Heathfield
Gashouse Fields Deputy - Mr David Buckingham
Henwood - Christine Green
Jemmett - Vivienne Lawson
Musgrove Farm - Mrs Sue Haste
Orion Way - Mr Roy Taylor
Repton - Mr Bill Shrubsole
Westrees - Ms Brenda Raggett
William and Musgrove New - Mr Mark Cooper
Wye - no site rep at present.
Please note that "William and Jemmett" is a complex of four allotment sites surrounding the 'co-op field' playing fields near Victoria Park. The separate sections are called Christchurch Road, Jemmett Road, Musgrove New and William Road.
We won't give out the personal contact details of individual reps without their express consent. Please bear in mind that not all reps use email.
Duties of site representatives as defined by Ashford Borough Council
- Show prospective tenants around site to view vacant plots.
- To carry out site inspections with the Allotments Officer when required.
- Liaise with Allotments Officer and allotment holders re. allotment matters.
- Encourage tenants to report vandalism and theft of their personal possessions to Police.
- Attend three Allotment Society meetings a year (in January, April and September).
Anything else you think they ought to do is up to them, on a voluntary basis.
