An estimated 350,000 people in Britain have allotments, with more than 800,000 on waiting lists.
"It's no coincidence that so many people who have allotments in London originally come from somewhere else, from Turkey for example, or Bangladesh".
In his job at Defra, Hilary has been an advocate of making sustainable living as accessible and as easy as possible, recently encouraging people to grow their own food and have allotments.
And… if any of the Indians shalbe brought to civillitie… such Indians shall have allotments… according to the custome of the English in the like case.
Campaigner Martin Clarke describes the threatened eviction to plotholders, some of whom have had allotments there for 40 years, as a "dagger in the heart of the community".
But I grew up in the Welsh valleys and was always around people who had allotments, so knew about gardening, too.
So the Triangle has allotments and polytunnels where people can grow their own food, and a car club and a scooter club that make their use of transport less wasteful.
It has allotments too, many of which are gardened by Chinese and Vietnamese people living nearby, and I turn up in the hope of sourcing some pak choi, chilli, water chestnuts… I fail, although Peter Turner, a retired vicar, promises me some rhubarb.
The idea was that each house would have its own allotment, or vegetable patch.
Most Jamaicans are into agriculture or have their own allotment where they grow vegetables and crops.
