Totton Allotments and Gardens Association - TAGA

Totton Allotments and Gardens Association - TAGA Our Association is active for allotment holders & gardeners in Totton and local area, with over 600 members on four sites.

An allotment or garden is great for healthy exercise in the fresh air; a place to relax, unwind and meet like minded people.

05/06/2026

Just a quick reminder Will, the Sharpener, will be at the Totton Allotment Store on Sunday, 7 June from 9:30-11:30am.
Kind regards,
Trish..
TAGA Secretary
Please send any emails to: [email protected]

25/05/2026

Members

If you haven't already heard, our President Ian Bucket passed away recently. We have sent our condolences to Audry, his widow. Ian was such a generous person and I know he’ll be greatly missed by everyone who knew him & the whole TAGA team.

Details of the day of the funeral, 11 June, are:
11am - Church service at Eling Church - where anybody can attend
12pm - Private burial - Family only
12:30pm - Wake at the Masonic Hall, Lexby Road - for all

There will be a collection at Ian's funeral for the British Heart Foundation, or you can make donations the the funeral director at Henry Powell, 11-13 Eling Hill, Totton - 02380 862249.

Kind regards,
Trish..
TAGA Secretary
Please send any emails to: [email protected]

17/05/2026

All

Just a quick reminder Will, the Sharpener, will be at the Totton Allotment Store next Sunday, 24 May from 9:30-11:30am.

Kind regards,
Trish..
TAGA Secretary

Please send any emails to: [email protected]

Latest prices
12/04/2026

Latest prices

01/03/2026

All

We have agreed to circulate this to you, our Members, if any of you wish to fund or volunteer for Robyn & Izzy's project.

Please reach out to them directly, if you can support this great cause (their emails are [email protected] or [email protected]).

Kind regards,
Trish..
TAGA Secretary

On Wednesday, February 11, 2026 at 2:40:02 pm -00:00, Robyn wrote:
Hello!

We are Robyn and Izzy, both residents of Eling, and we are running a project to regenerate an area of Eling that has become run-down and fly-tipped. The lane in question, which runs alongside Lexby Road near the Mill Cafe and Eling Experience, is frequently used by dog-walkers and by children from the infant's school, but its current state has made it unsafe. We are on a mission to clear and replant this lane and make it a part of Totton that the community can be proud of.

We have already held a residents meeting and have gathered volunteers and support from residents, the school and Team Totton. We also have the support of local councillors and have been gathering all the advice we can get to make this project successful.

Our next steps are to obtain funding or resources for us to be able to re-gravel the lane to make it usable, and build planters along the edges which we can plant with low-maintenance planting. We are not able to get any council funding for this as it is an unadopted lane, so we are reaching out to the community and local businesses who might like to be involved. We are planning a community weekend in early June to get the area cleared and regenerated and to show what can be achieved when people work together.

We have seen the positive work you have done getting school children involved with gardening, and are getting in touch to ask you whether you would consider being involved in this community project, whether with a donation or resources. We would be more than happy to pop over to the allotment shop if you would like to have more of a chat about the project.

Thank you for your time and we look foward to speaking with you further.

Robyn and Izzy

15/01/2026

Store update
Taylors Spring planted bulbs, onion sets and shallots are now on sale in the Allotment Shop, from this Sunday, 18 January 2026.
These include, begonia, lily, dahlia, ixias (African corn lily), nerine, iris, onion sets Karmen and shallots Longor.
The gladioli, begonia Cascade, onion sets Sturon and shallots Red Sun should be arriving in the next couple of weeks.

Wednesday opening
The store will be open on Wednesday's from 4 February through to 27 May 2026.

Please send any emails to: [email protected]

Last day of trading today - reopen 4 January 2026
21/12/2025

Last day of trading today - reopen 4 January 2026

16/12/2025

All Members

Stock & store opening update
Seed potatoes are now on sale in the shop - please note our last day of trading is this week, on Sunday, 21 December 2025, but this year we are only closing for 1 week, reopening on Sunday, 4 January 2026.

Cashless 2026
Thank you to everybody who wrote about us potentially removing cash as an option - we have had overwhelming support to do this and although we will be formally endorsing and minuting it at our Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, 14 January, we will be operating cashless during 2026. This will be for all shop purchases and late membership renewals, which will be £10, by card, so get in this Sunday if you still need to renew for £5, cash or card!

Poppy collection
The TAGA Committee would like to thank you for your generousity - we raised £194 for the poppy appeal.

Air ambulance Xmas Raffle
Again, thank you all for your help and donations towards our Air ambulance Xmas raffle - we raised £593 which is a great achievement! Here are the membership numbers of the winners:
457 Hamper- collected
523 Box
85 Garden tools
348 Glasses
57 Bulbs
573 Wine
631 Wine- collected
457 Wine- collected
704 Wine
181 Baileys
688 Wine
281 Whiskey
208 Wok
475 Fan heater
425 Bird box- collected
17 Bird box
27 Bird box- collected
316 Cookery book
419 Box of chocolates
226 Box of biscuits
687 Wine
10 Wine - collected
162 Wine
238 Wine
and finally!
From all the of the TAGA Committee we wish you all an enjoyable festive period and wish you well for 2026.

Kind regards,
Trish..
TAGA Secretary

Please send any emails to: [email protected]

01/11/2025

All Members

There are a couple of updates for you & action ahead of the Annual General Meeting (AGM):

SHOP UPDATE
This year's new seeds, beans, peas and green manures are now in the Allotment Shop and will be on sale from Sunday 2 November 2025.

For those waiting, we have also received a delivery of Johnsons grass seed which will also be on sale.

BANKING UPDATE - AGM votable action

The Treasurer will be proposing that we remove the ability to accept cash early in 2026. It is in light of the following facts:
- the bank will be closing its Totton branch in the Summer 2026
- it takes significantly more time to process and is prone to human error
- by going cashless we will have a more streamlined operation at the counter, for all Members
to put it into prospective, currently cash makes up than less than 6% of our total takings and our Treasurer is not prepared to continue in this post, if this motion is rejected.

MEMBER ACTION NEEDED
- If you would like to vote either for this motion, or against, with the necessary reasoning please respond to me at [email protected] before the end of the year, or come in person to the AGM*.
- If you would like to stand on the Committee, or be considered as the Treasurer, again in the first instance, please reach out to me, so I can pass your details onto the Treasurer for a more detailed discussion.
*The AGM is on Wednesday, 14 January 2026 at the Three Scores Club, at 7:30pm.

17/10/2025

All

Please note:
1. We now have stock of garlic bulbs, amaryllis & sweet peas
2. We are raising funds for Hampshire Air Ambulance, with our annual Christmas Draw - Tickets are £1 each and there will be a range of festive prizes! We also welcome any donations for the prizes, ahead of the draw early December.
3. Please remember to renew your subscriptions, in store, ahead of our last trading Sunday, 21 December.

Kind regards,
Trish..
TAGA Secretary

Please send any emails to: [email protected]

Address

Testwood Lane
Totton
SO403QS

Opening Hours

9:30am - 12pm

Telephone

+442380667759

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