Ten Poems about Allotments

Name: Ten Poems about Allotments
Brand: Candlestick Press
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By: CANDLESTICK PRESS

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Paperback | 17 April 2026

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Having an allotment isn't the same as having a vegetable patch in the garden. There's something about the sense of shared endeavour - the fair exchange of cups of tea and know-how - that means an allotment is not just a place but also a state of mind. The selection features poems that revel in the good-natured competition that inevitably arises: who has grown the biggest onion and whose weeds are most to be frowned upon. There are also slugs and worms, aching backs and roughened hands - all seasoned by the heady tang of manure. But the abiding spirit is the pleasure that comes from tending a small patch of earth, the deep joy afforded by taking part in the year's repeating patterns of planting and harvesting: "She places each first early on its smelly bed. Delicate as eggs they sit until he spades the soil over. Buried treasure." - from 'Allotment' by Vivienne Tregenza Selected and introduced by Di Slaney. Poems by Marie-Louise Eyres, Marian Griffin, Ramona Herdman, Beag Horn, Vanessa Lampert, John Lancaster, Vivienne Tregenza, Zoë Walkington, Peter Wallis and Rob Walton. Cover illustration by Mark A Pearce. Includes one poetry pamphlet, eco-envelope and co-ordinating bookmark with space for your own personal message.

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