Allotment project for Uni.... Please Help

Any Ideas Please........Hi. I am a 3rd year Bsc Horticulture with Plantsmanship degree student studying at both the Scottish Agricultural College and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. At the minute, I am in the process of trying to pick a topic for my fourth year project. I have always enjoyed growing fruit and vegetables in my parents garden as i grew up but now living in a top floor flat in Edinburgh i don't have anywhere to do this.


This promoted me to research allotments in the city. This seems a perfect topic to concentrate my project on but i'm not sure what angle to take yet. This could include proposing areas for new allotment sites or finding out whether allotments improve peoples health and life in general. Or whether more people are going green and eco friendly.



If anyone has any thoughts on this it would be much appreaciated. Once i get my idea finalised, I wil most likely be carrying out a questionnaire of allotment holders, if people are willing to do this. Again if you have any thoughts on this such as issues for current allotment holders that i dont know of as yet. Thanks



Charlotte

 

Community allotments;
Shared allotments;
Allotments being used in therapy by people with mental health issues, disabilities or other special needs.

 

Here's another slant you could possibly take into account Charlotte.
http://edinburghgardenshare.org.uk/

BTW Our son is also at SAC (Edinb) 3rd year BSc.:thumb:

 

what about getting i touch with the ari allotment regeneration initiative - they have good resources

i would be happy to help but i am not in a city

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