A Plot of Your Own 

York allotments show a wide variety of garden styles. You can be as imaginative as you like with your allotment garden, but in planning your plot, please bear these guidelines in mind:

• you are expected to care for all of your allotment garden and keep weeds under control
• you are responsible for maintaining your boundary fence and any existing structures
• you may plant fruit trees or bushes on your plot but not larger forest trees
• you must obtain permission before erecting a shed, greenhouse or other structure on your allotment
• you must obtain permission before starting to keep any livestock on your allotment
• allotments should be productive, so most of your allotments should be cultivated with vegetables, fruit or flowers. Simply putting a seat in the middle of a thistle patch and watching the butterflies doesn't count as allotment gardening