Roscoe Plantation Allotments · Rivelin Valley · Sheffield
Building a community in the valley to promote gardening
We are a welcoming, friendly group of gardeners in the heart of the Rivelin Valley, growing plants and community in equal measure. Most of us have our own plots, but there is also a shared community plot and continuity beds for anyone who cannot manage a full plot, wants to learn more about growing, or simply fancies some practice. Whether you are an old hand or picking up a trowel for the first time, you will find people here glad to share what they know.
At heart, RVAS is a hands-on community of growers who learn, share and muck in together. It is about more than gardening: growing connections, skills and sustainability too.
If that sounds like your sort of thing, find out how to join us or email rvascontact@gmail.com. And if you are curious how people came to be gardening in this valley in the first place, our history goes back a surprisingly long way.
What members get
- £5 per year, per plot
- Community hut for use and hire by members
- Free woodchip and manure deliveries
- National Allotment Society membership
- Public liability insurance for each plot
- An “hour of power” to help new tenants get started
- Monthly meetings and social events
- Shared community tools and polytunnel
Over 100 years of growing
Roscoe was Sheffield’s first statutory allotment site, opened in 1902. Read the story of the valley, its mills and its gardens.
Our history →News & events
Plant sales, working parties, manure deliveries, the summer barbecue and the annual fuddle — what’s coming up and what we’ve been doing.
Latest news →Come and find us
We’re on Rivelin Valley Road, across the river from the old Roscoe Wheel. Site map, directions and how to get in touch.
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