Garden Plans > 2018: Wonderful Barn Allot-O'Fun-ment

About this Garden Plan

Utilising reclaimed wooden pallets for raised beds to maximise the space with easy to maintain structure. This layout will enable the growing of a diverse range of fruit and vegetables, with space left over for a wildflower meadow suiting two bee hives and a compost heap.

Plan Type, Soil and Location

Garden Location: Wonderful Barn, Leixlip Co. Kildare
Garden Size: 10.60m x 18.00m
Garden Type: Allotment
Garden Layout: Raised Beds
Sun or Shade: Sunny
Garden Soil Type: Heavy / Clay soil

Plan Notes

Good Advice Broad Beans: https://www.sundaygardener.co.uk/how_to_grow_broad_beans.html Runner Beans: https://www.sundaygardener.co.uk/how_to_grow_runner_beans.html Garlic: https://www.sundaygardener.co.uk/growing_garlic.html Onions: https://www.sundaygardener.co.uk/growing_onions_.html I think we could have a water-proof version of this really easily in the allotment. A good space for it could be just to left of the kale bed, which is in front of the strawberry bed. That's the biggest open space we have that's not meant for wild flowers. All we would need to do is stand the big pole that's there already securely into the ground, then do the same with the longest, thickest branch I cut off the front garden apple tree. Then we just tie a wire between them like a washing line. Waterproof tarpaulins are super cheap, so we could buy one and hang it over the wire whenever we want and secure it to the ground with little stakes.

Garden Plan

Plant List

 PlantNumberSpacingSpacing in RowsNotes
Artichoke (Globe) 590cm90cm x 90cm 
Asparagus 645cm45cm x 45cm 
Beans (Broad) 4420cm15cm x 30cm 
Beans (Runner) 4620cm15cm x 30cm 
Beetroot 3815cm10cm x 20cm 
Blackcurrant 190cm90cm x 90cm 
Brussels Sprouts 460cm60cm x 60cm 
Cabbage (Autumn Red) 275cm60cm x 90cm 
Carrot 20010cm10cm x 15cm 
Chives 2820cm15cm x 25cm 
Courgette 860cm60cm x 60cm 
Fig (Container Grown) 160cm60cm x 60cm 
Garlic 9015cm10cm x 25cm 
Kale 840cm35cm x 45cm 
Lavender 5840cm35cm x 50cm 
Marigold 17420cm20cm x 20cm 
Nigella 2030cm30cm x 30cm 
Onion 9015cm10cm x 20cm 
Oregano 6420cm15cm x 25cm 
Pansy 825cm25cm x 25cm 
Parsley 11215cm10cm x 25cm 
Petunia 430cm25cm x 35cm 
Potatoes (Early) 2240cm30cm x 50cm 
Potatoes (Maincrop) 1845cm35cm x 75cm 
Pumpkin 590cm90cm x 90cm 
Rhubarb 590cm90cm x 90cm 
Rosemary 12320cm20cm x 20cm 
Sage 430cm30cm x 40cm 
Strawberry 2250cm45cm x 60cm 
Sunflower 1530cm30cm x 30cm 
Tarragon 440cm40cm x 50cm 
Thyme 3030cm30cm x 40cm 
Tomato (Regular) 1050cm45cm x 60cm 
Turnip 2820cm15cm x 30cm 
Zinnia 1830cm30cm x 30cm 

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