Birmingham Post - Tag - allotments

Iron Angle: Lord Mayor Anita restores order at the council

Birmingham Post — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT

The Lord Mayor of Birmingham had her strict, no nonsense, head on at this week’s meeting of the full city council.

Police to probe ongoing dispute at Birmingham allotments

Birmingham Post — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:57:00 GMT

An 81-year-old has won a fight to force police to investigate his complaints over the long-running row at Brownfield Road Allotments in Shard End.

Petty squabbles turn to feuding at Birmingham allotments

Birmingham Post — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:01:00 GMT

Police and council chiefs have been called in to restore peace after a bitter feud has turned a Birmingham allotment nto a battleground.

Birmingham allotments could provide green shoots of economic recovery

Birmingham Post — Tue, 26 May 2009 23:00:00 GMT

A team of five Birmingham professionals are looking for the green shoots of economic recovery – by starting an allotment company to deal with the boom in demand from green-fingered Brummies.

Birmingham leisure bosses seek allotment rent increase

Birmingham Post — Sun, 17 May 2009 23:01:00 GMT

Birmingham’s 6,000 allotment holders face a rise in rent to offset a £400,000 subsidy and raise money to improve facilities – as demand has soared to its highest level since the 1930s.

Waiting list for Birmingham allotments can take five years

Birmingham Post — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A growing popularity in healthy living on a shoestring has left gardeners in parts of Birmingham waiting up to five years for an allotment plot.