Allotment (gardening)

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This Wikipedia article on allotment gardening covers its history and national systems. In the United Kingdom, an 1809 engraving of Birmingham already shows allotment gardens surrounding the town, and the 'Great Somerford Free Gardens' in Wiltshire were founded in 1809; the 1908 Small Holdings and Allotments Act legalized allotments, amended in 1922 and 1950, with plot numbers rising from 244,268 in 1873 to a peak of about 1.5 million in 1918 before declining to roughly 300,000 by 2009. In Germany, 'Schrebergarten' plots trace to the 'Schreber movement' begun in Leipzig in 1864, formalized by the 1919 Small Gardens and Small Leaseholds Land Law; there are now about 1.4 million allotments covering 470 square kilometers, including 833 allotment complexes in Berlin alone. In France, family gardens that emerged in the late 19th century are managed by the 'Fédération Nationale des Jardins Familiaux et Collectifs,' with about 135,000 members. In the Netherlands, the article states the first allotment garden was founded in 1838, there are now 240,000 allotment gardens, and the 'Algemeen Verbond van Volkstuindersverenigingen in Nederland' (AVVN) was founded in 1928.

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• 244,268 plots

  plot count(uk allotment plots)

  Social

  region

  United Kingdom

  year

  1873

• 1,500,000 plots↑ Increase

  plot count(uk allotment plots)

  SocialControl: 1873 figure

  region

  United Kingdom

  year

  1918

• 300,000 plots↓ Decrease

  plot count(uk allotment plots)

  SocialControl: 1918 peak

  region

  United Kingdom

  year

  2009

• 1,400,000 plots

  plot count(germany allotment gardens)

  Social

  region

  Germany

• 135,000 members

  member count(france family gardens)

  Social

  region

  France

• 240,000 plots

  plot count(netherlands allotment gardens)

  Social

  region

  Netherlands

• 470 km2

  total area(germany allotment gardens)

  Social

  region

  Germany

• 833 complexes

  complex count(berlin allotment complexes)

  Social

  region

  Berlin, Germany

• 1,838 year

  founding year(netherlands first allotment)

  Social

  region

  Netherlands

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