The Plot In Berlin

Mar 5, 2016

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Steve Ott

in Features

Does your allotment come complete with its own orchard – and a house!

If you’re making do with a pocket-handkerchief allotment (or still waiting for one), you might like to consider a move to Berlin, where it’s possible to rent a 280sq m (3,000sq ft) plot, complete with apple, cherry and plum trees and a 22sq m (237sq ft) house, for €400 (£290) a year.

There are about a million allotments in Germany, with the highest number by far – 70,000 – in Berlin. It’s not all idyllic – there are the familiar stories of threatened development – but the BBC’s Berlin correspondent paints a picture of an enviable allotment culture – and apparently only half of the city’s allotment associations have waiting lists. Read more at www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35008648

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About the author

Steve Ott

Steve Ott is editor of Kitchen Garden magazine and started his career as a professional grower, producing everything from cut flowers to vegetables. He has been growing fruit and veg all his life and spends most of his spare time in his garden in the East Midlands. He loves to experiment with crops and varieties he has never grown before and when he isn’t gardening is to be found out in the countryside bird watching and walking his dog Ted.

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