13/12/2025
I am sorry to have to inform you lovely people that the Growing in Gosport project will end on 31 December 2025. The main reason is simple - as of today there is only one person who has expressed an interest in joining the "Class of 26". I attended a number of events over the last few months where many people lead me to believe they would sign up, but they haven't. GIG was also advertised to thousands of Gosport email addresses through the Council Coastline Newsletter and that too has not elicted any response. It is unfortunate the Allotment Association did see fit to advertise.
I have immensely enjoyed sharing my love of growing vegetables with everyone and the most telling success is of the previous "trainees" who have gone on to get the their own plot, and one has become the Association Show Champion.
The Association has advised me that the balance of funds, raised by those who have supported GIG through Gosport Community Lottery, will be ringfenced (ie not spent on other stuff), should another type of growing project come to fruition in future.
So, with no vegetable growing going on, I will turn my interest to a new project about flowerbeds.
With many, many thanks to you all your support, interest, comments and shares.
Jim
Growing in Gosport
