About Tilthwick
Tilthwick is a practical handbook for UK allotment holders: how to get a plot, how to plan and rotate it, how to kit it out, and what to do each month. We write for the person on the waiting list, the new plot-holder looking at a half plot of brambles, and the grower planning next year's rotation.
What we do
- Tools first. Our plot planner draws your plot to scale, sets up a 4-year rotation and tells you how many plants fit.
- Plain-English rules. Allotment law differs between England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. We say which nation a rule applies to and link to the legislation or official guidance.
- Your site's rules win. Every allotment site has its own tenancy rules. We tell you what to ask; your council or committee has the final say.
What we don't do
- We don't claim to have grown or tried anything ourselves. Our guidance comes from the sources we link: GOV.UK, legislation.gov.uk, the RHS, the National Allotment Society and others.
- We don't invent waiting-list figures, rents or prices.
- We don't call any pesticide, slug pellet or weedkiller "safe". Follow the product label.
Who writes it
Everything is written and checked by the Tilthwick team. We don't use personal bylines or made-up experts. Read our editorial policy and how we handle corrections.
How the site is paid for
Some pages link to shops, and we may earn a commission if you buy (see our advertising disclosure). We may show display ads in future.
Our sister sites
Tilthwick is one of a small group of independent UK sites with the same owner. Where it genuinely helps, we link to them: Plankley for raised-bed timber, shed bases and path quantities; Furrowgear for rotavators and small machinery; Gladeburn for lawns and mowers; Bunkerley for food storage and household readiness; and Drystead (coming soon) for water butts and run-off. We link to a sister site no more than once per article.
Who runs Tilthwick
Editor: operator details go here once Jamie supplies OPERATOR_NAME and OPERATOR_ADDRESS. Production builds refuse until then.
Email: [email protected]
Email us: [email protected]