The Renewal Trust
We managed St Ann's Allotments - a grade 2 listed collections of Victorian detached town gardens in the heart of St Ann's until January 2025.
St Ann’s Allotments are a thriving greenspace, offering allotment gardening, horticulture training, green social prescribing, historic building restoration, wildlife conservation, tours and events.
The site offers allotment garden tenancies for Nottingham City Residents.
The site was established in the 1830s and includes 670 allotment gardens on three connecting sites – Hungerhill Gardens, Stonepit Coppice and Gorsey Close.
The site was extensively renovated over the last 15 years, thanks to an initial £4.5 million restoration project delivered by us in partnership with other local groups – funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, East Midlands Development Agency, European Regional Development Fund and Nottingham City Council.
The project ran from 2007 to 2017, after a 20-year campaign to save the allotments, which were left largely empty and neglected throughout the 1980s and 1990s. The aim was to conserve and restore the site, improve and secure their future.
In addition, the restoration project saw paths and avenues restored; perimeter fencing, entrance gates and signage improved; allotment plots brought back into use; hedges and trees maintained; and terraces and retaining walls repaired. A borehole was also sunk to provide water; heritage buildings were restored; and site interpretation was added to bring the allotment’s unique history and heritage to life.
Our ‘New Roots – Branching Out’ project, in partnership with East Midlands Probation Service Community Payback team with funding from Scottish Power Foundation, continues on our gardens on site. The project gives people on probation green skills, training and work experience; while also connecting them with nature and each other to support their mental health.