Here the reader will find links – the headings – to informative pages and topics as well as to the reference material, which needs to be available to all.
A quick guide to Pontcanna Permanent Allotments
This is an overview of having a plot on the PPA site, with links to more detail on particular points.
About this website
General information about this website, moderation policy, etc.
Annual subscriptions for PPAA Membership
Find out the entitlements of membership, the annual fee, and how best to pay here.
Applying for – or giving up – a plot
Visitors to this website who are interested in taking a plot on PPA site will find what they need here, as will existing plot holders who wish to resign their tenancy.
Cardiff Council’s allotments page and Guide
This contains a link to the Council’s website and a copy of their allotments guide.
Complaints procedures – reporting wrongdoing
A concise article, outlining the right course of action for victims of the distinct classes of misdeed that can sometimes happen on PPA site.
Conditions as per Tenancy Agreement
This is a word-for-word copy of our current Tenancy Agreements’ Schedule of conditions.
Conditions for structures – sheds etc.
Tenants thinking of erecting a shed, greenhouse etc. need to be aware of the relevant conditions, and to apply for consent. This page explains how.
Fencing
A common cause of uncertainty as to structures rules.
How the Council may close the tenancy of our plot
This deals with the – generally lengthy – procedure that the Council follow when a tenant allows their plot to fall into neglect, and the help that the Council expect from PPAA Committee in this process.
Riverside Community Garden
Occupying plots 148, 150, and 152 – on substantially the same basis as the rest of us – this is their own FaceBook page.
Shop
The PPA Site Shop’s own page.
Site maps with plot numbering schematic
This is the page for anyone who wonders where to find someone else on the site, or has even forgotten their own number.
Subscribe
This page is for anyone who wants to be notified by email of new articles, posts, or comments on this website.
Terms of tenancy – extract from Cardiff Council’s Guide
This extract is the Council’s interpretation as to what the terms of tenancy mean, in non-legal language.
Traditional allotment gardening – so simple. So Cheap. So productive.
This is intended as a counterbalance, to the great amount of information on the internet, which advocates more recent approaches, and which tends to submerge anything else, which would otherwise explain the centuries-old, time-proven, effective means of food growing, and the rationale behind it.
Voluntary ending of tenancy form
This form enables tenants to resign their tenancies but also to remain eligible to reapply later for another plot.
Wasps, rats, other pests, and beneficial visitors e.g. bees
What to do about e.g. wasps’ nests.
