In homage to the great British allotment and those who tend them.
Dedicated to the Manor Garden Allotments Society.
Meet The Allotmenteers, or The Olympic Three!
Harry, Harvey and Hyacinth are an unlikely trio, yet they have a mutual passion - the allotment in Hackney Wick they share.
They have tended it lovingly and painstakingly for years, dividing up the seasonal, organic produce they grow together. It saves them money on their shopping bills and it tastes so much better because they have grown it themselves. But it means so much more to them than just the food they grow.
They get exercise in the fresh air, and they feel they are doing something positive in this warming climate. They are also aware of how very lucky they are to have this small green space in the middle of London, as allotment numbers are dwindling and waiting lists are getting longer. Most of all, however, they simply enjoy each other’s company.
But The Allotmenteers are on the run! These three have fallen foul of the 2012 Olympics - their humble plot of land has been bought by Compulsory Purchase Order to make way for the London Olympic site.
They campaigned and protested as long as they could, but as the bulldozers approached they saw no alternative but to dig up their allotment as it lay, load it onto a wheelbarrow and scarper!
But Harry, Harvey and Hyacinth they think they are being followed. People in tracksuits are everywhere. Besuited Lord Coe look-a-likes peer out of taxis and cafés. And tourists seem disconcertingly interested in the 2012 Olympics. Our three fugitives are starting to think their particular piece of land must be so vital to the success of the 2012 Olympics that the IOC want it back.
So our heroic gardeners now trundle about London with their mobile allotment, never in one place for long, always looking over their shoulders, recoiling from joggers and cyclists in fear.
But whenever they feel safe or amongst friends there is nothing they like better than setting up a deckchair for Harry and tending to their veg, chatting to passers-by about the joys of allotmenteering and offering gardening tips or a bite of a juicy carrot, with a few conspiracy theories thrown in.
Meet The Allotmenteers, or The Olympic Three!
Harry, Harvey and Hyacinth are an unlikely trio, yet they have a mutual passion - the allotment in Hackney Wick they share.
They have tended it lovingly and painstakingly for years, dividing up the seasonal, organic produce they grow together. It saves them money on their shopping bills and it tastes so much better because they have grown it themselves. But it means so much more to them than just the food they grow.
They get exercise in the fresh air, and they feel they are doing something positive in this warming climate. They are also aware of how very lucky they are to have this small green space in the middle of London, as allotment numbers are dwindling and waiting lists are getting longer. Most of all, however, they simply enjoy each other’s company.
But The Allotmenteers are on the run! These three have fallen foul of the 2012 Olympics - their humble plot of land has been bought by Compulsory Purchase Order to make way for the London Olympic site.
They campaigned and protested as long as they could, but as the bulldozers approached they saw no alternative but to dig up their allotment as it lay, load it onto a wheelbarrow and scarper!
But Harry, Harvey and Hyacinth they think they are being followed. People in tracksuits are everywhere. Besuited Lord Coe look-a-likes peer out of taxis and cafés. And tourists seem disconcertingly interested in the 2012 Olympics. Our three fugitives are starting to think their particular piece of land must be so vital to the success of the 2012 Olympics that the IOC want it back.
So our heroic gardeners now trundle about London with their mobile allotment, never in one place for long, always looking over their shoulders, recoiling from joggers and cyclists in fear.
But whenever they feel safe or amongst friends there is nothing they like better than setting up a deckchair for Harry and tending to their veg, chatting to passers-by about the joys of allotmenteering and offering gardening tips or a bite of a juicy carrot, with a few conspiracy theories thrown in.
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