Plots are allocated at the end of March. Tell us now and we will come to you with what is available.
A small field in North Bovey
The allotments sit on land belonging to St John's, a minute from the centre of the village. Thirteen plots, from a single raised bed to something near nine metres by ten, on ground that has been happily been raising crops for at least a century. For several years about half the plots stood unattended, but since last year the village has been bringing them back, plot by plot, and there is room for you to join us for the future we're building.
Not short of ground. Short of time.
Most households here have a garden with space for beans and potatoes if they want them. What people in North Bovey are short of is not land but time. So we have stopped assuming a plot means a full season of digging, and started asking what this ground is for if not self-sufficiency.
The answers keep coming back the same. Company. A reason to be outside. Somewhere the village can put its hands to something together. A corner of the parish that suits insects and birds better than a mown lawn does. An afternoon on a work day counts. One raised bed counts. Watering someone else's row while they are away counts.
A plot, or a bed
Thirteen mixed style plots, from raised beds to large squares and rectangles, around 100 meter squared. metres by ten. Our smallest plots are priced at Twenty-five pounds per year, then medium plots are thirty, and the large ones are forty pounds a year. Take a whole plot if you want one, or start with a single bed, which suits a first year better than most people expect. If you think you may not have time, that's fine, we can't all guarantee regular availability and we're happy for you to try out than miss out.
Plots and availability →Come and have a look
You are welcome at the allotments any time, member or not, and we will show you round if you would like. Some of the heaviest clearing here has been done by people who generously attend volunteering days. Most people manage their own plot and prefer it that way. But when somebody runs out of time, and everybody does eventually, somebody else waters the row.
Visiting →Room for other things
A pond going in, a few hedgehog houses to site, a dahlia bed, compost and manure bays coming back into use, and vacant plots planted with potatoes rather than left bare. We have not decided what this ground should look like for wildlife in the long run. But we have decided to start.
Our story →
From the journal
Another Look at Dandelions and Plantains
2 May 2026
The King of Fish: Bovey River Restoration
28 February 2026
Preparing Potatoes for Planting (Early March)
10 February 2026Nearly everything on this site was funded, donated or built by somebody on their own time. What we are raising for →