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Bob StaveleyCllr Hart awarded the extra money in her role as a Derbyshire county councillor, presenting the Association with the money from the county’s Community Leadership Fund. The Stanley Gardeners Association is one of the borough’s oldest allotment groups, having been established in 1892. There are 62 allotments on the five-acre site and there are currently 45 green-fingered gardeners who cultivate the plots to grow their own fruit and vegetables.
Among the plot holders are youngsters from the pre-school group based at Stanley Village Hall who, together with their leaders and parents, enjoy learning gardening skills while they look after their ‘patch’ and watch their vegetables grow. The allotment holders had previously been using a run-down shed on the site and had initially looked for support to help renovate it, but thanks to the grant were able to buy an all-new base from Ilkeston company Walters – and have also been able to lay some new paving slabs and improve the immediate surroundings of the shed.