Applied Sustainability Research: Exeter Allotments
By Alex Slaymaker
While in Exeter, UK our twenty person study abroad team researched the current state and future vision of gardening allotments from the perspective of those who rent plots. Although allotment structures differ across the globe, Exeter allotments include plots of city-owned land rented to residents for growing produce. Some private allotments exist but they are an anomaly and were not explored in our research. Allotments are distributed across the city, accessible only to tenants with key access and may include 15 to 200 plots.