{"id":17,"date":"2014-01-15T17:20:31","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T17:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.romseyallotments.org.uk\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-01-20T09:11:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:11:38","slug":"events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.romseyallotments.org.uk\/?page_id=17","title":{"rendered":"Latest News &#038; Information"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Upcoming Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wassail Party &#8211; Community plot 10\/01\/2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tree pruning course &#8211; end of January <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plant swap 10 or 31st May<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BBQ &#8211; Community plot 30\/8\/2025 17:00-20:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AGM &#8211; Comrades club 27\/10\/2025 19:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guy Fawkes Party 2\/11\/2025 TBC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024 AGM<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>See the AGM minutes for all discussion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thefts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It is sad report that we have been seeing an increase in break in&#8217;s &amp; thefts at our beloved Romsey allotments. It appears to be happing on differing days of the week &amp; at varying hours of the day. Myself being the latest victim, at 14:30pm on Friday afternoon with neighbouring plots holders in plain view. Brazen! I DO know that the committee have\/are discussing possible measures to help elevate this (update to follow), however even if we do lock the gates during the night and install CCTV, I do feel that we can not completely irradiate this type of thing. Nevertheless we can try to protect ourselves the best we can by;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Only keeping bare essential tools &amp; equipment on our plots<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take any valuable tools home &amp; bring back as and when needed or borrow between plot neighbours<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Install Wildlife cameras on your plot (or dummy cameras)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Question anyone you do not recognise (genuine members &amp; visitors will not be offended, they understand that you are looking out for them too)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DO NOT<\/strong> try to physically challenge\/Stop\/Restrain any person(s) found to be acting unlawful!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hampshire.police.uk\/ro\/report\/ocr\/af\/how-to-report-a-crime\/\"><strong>report thefts &amp; suspicious behaviour to the Police<\/strong>.<\/a> I know that to some, this will feel like a complete waste of time, however the more reports the police receive, will enable them to build a case and act accordingly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visiting your plot at differing days &amp; times (if possible) may help with the element of surprise.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remember the majority of people are nice &amp; decent human beings. Smile &amp; say hello, you may just brighten their day, and your own!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please understand that I am NOT condoning the actions of said thief(s) nor do I believe that we should have to put up &amp; accept this! Unfortunately we live in a world where there will always people who feel them can take what they want without a care for the person(s) they are taking from. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is of course just my opinion. Kind regards Gemma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">La Ronde 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This years La Ronde was a great success. A massive thank you goes to all our members who supported us by tidying up plots, hedges &amp; pathways, to those whom made scarecrows and decorated their plots, for all of you who kindly donated some of your fruits, vegetables &amp; homemade produce and for everyone who helped run &amp; mange the day. Thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upcoming Events 2026 Wassail Party &#8211; Community plot 10\/01\/2026 Tree pruning course &#8211; end of January Plant swap 10 or 31st May 2025 BBQ &#8211; Community plot 30\/8\/2025 17:00-20:00 AGM &#8211; Comrades club 27\/10\/2025 19:00 Guy Fawkes Party 2\/11\/2025 TBC 2024 AGM See the AGM minutes for all discussion Thefts It is sad report that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romseyallotments.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romseyallotments.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romseyallotments.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romseyallotments.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romseyallotments.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"https:\/\/www.romseyallotments.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3665,"href":"https:\/\/www.romseyallotments.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/3665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romseyallotments.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}