If you’re reading this, you probably don’t need me to explain how rewarding growing your own food can be. It’s not only rewarding. You can also add healthy, good for the planet, sustainable, nutritious, exercise generating, and satisfyingly self-sufficient. Yes, growing your own food is all those things. We’ve been doing it for years; it doesn’t lose its magic.

But, if you’ve got the growing urge and haven’t got access to a large garden, how can you do it?

An allotment could be the answer, but how do you get one, and if you have no experience, how do you make a start?

The Allotment Problem

• In our area of West Lancs, getting an allotment is almost impossible. The council can’t fulfil its obligation to rent allotments to everyone who wants one. You could be waiting for years to get started and see the benefits. 
• If you do eventually manage to get an allotment, have you got the skills to grow your food?
• Caring for an allotment is a ‘full-on’ commitment. You can’t take much time away from it. Things quickly get out of hand.

We know what it’s like when you want to grow your own food but don’t have the land to do it. We went through those frustrations ourselves.

When we started Burscough Community Farm ten years ago, we wanted to reconnect people to the land by teaching them how to grow fruit and vegetables. 

The more people get into growing, the better it is for the planet and the healthier our community will be.

If you want to start growing your own food yet don’t have the land or the knowledge, Burscough Community Farm has the answer.

You’ll take part in our year-long learning experience, taking you from sowing seeds and tending crops right through to harvesting.

Become a member and join us on our community allotment. It’s one big allotment where we all share the tasks, the toil and the rewards.

It’s the start of the new growing season, and we are looking for twenty households to join us. 

You don’t need any experience, or be super fit. There will be a team of us helping each other. You won’t even need any tools or fancy equipment; we have all that. 

You will need wellies, gloves, and the desire to get stuck in with our friendly, supporting community. 

Our annual farm membership fee is £36 per household per year, and taking part regularly means you’ll be taking home a share of the harvest. Alternatively, you can pay monthly at just £4 per month.