The Committee set up a shop on site to reduce prices for members through bulk buying, to reduce vehicles on site and to help members who do not have access to a car. Committee member Dom Luscombe now manages the shop until a new volunteer takes it on.
The shop sells a number of items including composted horse manure, general purpose peat free compost, insect mesh from Harrod Horticultural, ground cover and some second hand equipment.
The shop is usually open on the third Sunday of the month between 9:30 and 11:30. Members wishing to purchase from the shop should contact Dom Luscombe (luscombe868@hotmail.com, telephone 07717 112326) with a list of the items they would like to buy. She will check availability and confirm the cost. You can pay in cash on the day or in advance by the Friday before the Sunday opening.
If paying in advance: Pay into the Cripley Meadow Allotment Association’s bank account. Use the reference format: shop plot number surname Inform Kristina, our treasurer by email that your’ve made the payment: CMAA_Tresurer@hotmail.comThe shop items and price list is here, as well as on the noticeboard and in the shop. Usually we share spare, donated seeds for free in the shop.
Where is our shop? It is the concrete shed on the South Field. To reach the shop from the main gate, walk all the way down the track next to the flats. Then walk on the grass next to the metal boundary fence until the fence turns right. Follow the fence for a few meters and you’ll see the concrete shed which is the shop. It’s by the big ash tree. Alternatively, approach down the main central track and turn left after plot 115. You will see the concrete shed by the ash tree.
If you refer to the site plan on our Maps page, you can just about see the tiny writing that says “Trading sheds” – between plots 115 and 119, by the blue W on the bottom left-hand side of the plan.
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