To clarify an “allotment” is a large patch of land in which members of the public can rent a plot of land to grow vegetables (usually in or around cities) so an area will be divided up into separate square patches for people to grow what they choose
I have never seen or heard of any in the states so I was just curious
(It isn’t the same as a community garden)
Just to clarify
An allotment is specifically rented by you for your own personal use not to be shared with others all work and maintenance and crop yield is your own
A community garden is a plot of land shared by a collective of people who share the work and crop yield
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If we do I have never heard of them. I live in the south so we have a lot of farms anyway. All I know is you dont touch someone elses land 😅 Genuinely curious if we have any
Only similar thing I know is community gardens which are usually in between homes (if in a city) or on the edge of a neighborhood where people in the area can grow and / or take veggies / fruits for themselves. Not sure if it’s through the government or something the neighborhood decides to get and use.
Yes, we have those here in DC
Some cities have these. They are a mixture of public and private property. You have to rent them, they aren’t free.
Many people here have large enough yards that they can have a vegetable garden.
There are also ‘community gardens’ found in cities that are similar to what you describe.
[Here’s a recent thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAnAmerican/comments/ugnpql/do_you_have_a_food_garden_what_do_you_grow)
I saw that in Bob’s Burgers once
Never seen it in my area
We had a “community garden” when I was living in a condo. It was a large fenced in area of the property where you could tend vegetables or bigger plants. You had to apply for a spot each year and there was a fee to use it for the season. I imagine it’s only common in cities, apartments, condos, and maybe townhomes and retirement communities.
You say it’s not like a community garden, but what SPECIFICALLY is the difference?
>(It isn’t the same as a community garden)
What’s the difference? What you’re describing is exactly how many of our community gardens work. Sounds like the same thing.
At least where I am on the Eastern seaboard, no. We don’t tend to do community farming or gardening of any kind. If you have a house with a yard, you can have your own garden, and apartment buildings rarely do have victory gardens.
> (It isn’t the same as a community garden)
yes it is
[An allotment (British English), or in North America, a community garden…](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allotment_(gardening))
Not all American community gardens are run the same way, but many of them are basically the exact same setup.
We have them in Seattle but apparently it’s very competitive to get a plot in one. At least that’s what I’ve heard for my area.
Sounds like a community garden you have to pay for lol
>(It isn’t the same as a community garden)
What you’re describing is literally a community garden.
Oh yeah, we call those community gard…
>(It isn’t the same as a community garden)
Oh? Then maybe i’m not understanding what it is then? In answer to your question, we have things called ‘community gardens’ that seem to work very close to what you’re describing.
How is that different than a community garden? There’s quite a few of them in my city
That just sounds like a community garden. The one in a town near me is a sectioned-out field that residents can rent and do what they want with as long as they grow *something* in it. It’s called the community garden.
You described exactly what a community garden is… Maybe you have a misunderstanding of what a community garden is or maybe community garden means something else in your country, but here that’s exactly what they are.
Do you mean like Russian dacha? Or England urban allotment?