Allotment Keeper Photography Project

That’s all folks…

allotmentkeeper — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:34:01 +0000

Its a wrap!! The final bit of greenhouse remains and tools, has been removed from the plot, and the museum commence back to normal.

When I started this project, I knew it was going to be hard work and at the very end, the plot would resume back to a overgrown patch of land. This has always slightly haunted me, as we spend hours and hours, digging out brambles and weeds. BUT Bernice Parker (one of the museum gardeners), has requested to keep the plot as an allotment, to use as a education plot. Im SO pleased that this has been agreed, and that my allotment can grow on to teach and inspire, our future generations, to grow their own. -I think my mission has been completed!!

I hope you have enjoyed this journey, as much as me and it has made you smile.

Betina Skovbro, October 2010

The END!!

Made in Roath

allotmentkeeper — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 08:36:28 +0000

A one more outing for the exhibition, before it is all over.

We had a brilliant day in the sunshine, at the Made in Roath festival, where the pictures was planted in Waterloo Gardens flower beds, for the very last time!

-We had 100′s of visitors and lots of really nice comments.

The End!! Well Almost..

allotmentkeeper — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 16:13:53 +0000

That’s all folks.. That was the final curtain and the allotment exhibition is no more.. Well apart for JUST one more day…

If you missed it, you have a final chance this weekend, at the MADE IN ROATH festival. The exhibition will be at Waterloo Gardens in Penylan, on Sunday 17th October from 10am till 6pm.

For more info go to www.madeinroath.com

A very last picture from St Fagan’s, with a healthy crop of the finest organic vegetables.

-A BIG thank you! to Andrew, Dan and Mathew who helped me take it all down.

My last visit to the exhibition!

allotmentkeeper — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:30:55 +0000

This Saturday, the whole display will come out, so I wanted to do one last visit to the allotment exhibition, while it was in one piece and took a few pictures, as a last memory, of what has been a great project.

Check out the pumpkin! it has tripled in size, in only 2 weeks..

Only one week to go!!

allotmentkeeper — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 07:37:04 +0000

The end of the growing season is here and so is the end of the allotment keeper exhibition! This coming Friday (15th) is the last day of the show..

ONLY 2 weeks to go!!!

allotmentkeeper — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:33:32 +0000

As the light seem to change and the nights are getting colder, I suddenly realised that the exhibition is also drawing to an end, with only 2 weeks to go. I hope you have had a chance to visit the plot, if not, this is your chance..

The last day of the exhibition is Friday the 15th October!

I’m amazed things are still growing and alive. One thing that seems to do really well is the pumpkin/marrow/squash (not really sure what it goes under) So bring on Halloween, I’m ready!

pumpkin/marrow/squash

Food Festival a big hit!!

allotmentkeeper — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:05:46 +0000

It was a very busy weekend at the food festival, with loads of crop ready to eat. Pictured is one of my little visitors, pulling a carrot, that Im sure, could win Best in Show!!

It is very tempting to pick all the veggies, but I have to keep reminding myself that, if I do, there will be nothing left for people to see when they visit the allotment, so hence the beetroots are the size of watermelons and loads of runner beans on the now “runnerbean-arch”.

It was so busy on the weekend, that the cows had to be removed from their field, to let the cars to park on their patch..

Food Festival Weekend 2010

Food festival at St Fagan’s this weekend (11th and 12th September 2010)

allotmentkeeper — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:53:46 +0000

This weekend St Fagan’s are hosting a food festival, Ill be there on the plot rain or shine.. from 11am till 1pm on Sunday 12th September, should you fancy a visit..

Ill have plenty of spare pairs of garden gloves, so come on down and Ill show you what weeds looks like, Ill pay you in carrots.. LOL

Excitement at the allotment!

allotmentkeeper — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:02:53 +0000

Today we had visitors from a TV crew to film at the allotment, for the gardening program Byw yn yr Ardd on S4C..

-I’ll keep you posted, on when it will appear on the big screen!

National History museum Estate manager Andrew Dixey being Interviewed.

Visit to the Allotment Exhibition

allotmentkeeper — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:53:16 +0000

I went up to see how things were getting on in the exhibition today, I couldn’t believe how many people came in to have a look in the short time I was there, -lots of smiling faces.

A little boy came over and asked if he could have some runner beans, so he went home happy with a big hand full and 2 ladies told me that they have been inspired by the exhibition, to go home and start growing their own and asked ME (can you belive it!) advice on what to grow. I told them that potatoes and beans was a good start and gave them some broad beans to keep for seeds for next year.

Here a few comments I picked up today from the “comments”postbox on the shed!

-What a wonderful idea! I’ve found the garden a very touching emotional experince. It shows how much joy and pleasure a simple piece of land can give.

-Lovely exhibition -Great to see several of my friends featured too.

-Brilliant idea. I loved it all, photos and comments extremely intresting. Made me remember that there are still so many lovely people around and that life is not just as you read in the newspapers, Thank you!

-I like the scarecrow and LOVE the wopper tomatos in the greenhouse. -Archie age 4.5

-I love the tomatoes, I licked your shed! -William aged 6 (I think he meant liked)

-wish my produce looked like this!