It is National Allotment Week, when the benefits of running an allotment are brought to the fore.
Running until 11 August, and organised by the National Allotment Society this year's event aims to celebrate the variety of sweet and succulent crops you can grow on a UK allotments.
But there is also a slightly more serious reason behind the week as it is hoped that by opening up allotments to local people more will see what goes on behind the gates.
The society wants to show the benefits allotments bring, showing the people who garden the plots, be they families and school children or working couples and retired individuals.
And there is also the important role allotments play in providing a place for wildlife to inhabit and that even within a city there is a place where we can breathe easier during busy day-to-day life.
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