This is a clever idea: an allotment held by a slimming group. It’s the Slimming World Hanworth group, run by Georgina, and she took it over in April 2015. Amazing, then, when you look at how much Georgina and the members of the SW groups have managed to grow and harvest in that short time.
‘We have lots of fun and get lots of Body Magic (our exercise programme) in as well as taking home lots of lovely fruit and vegetables for dinner,’ says Georgina. The plot has potatoes, beetroot, courgette, marrows, strawberries, carrots, cabbage, green beans, spinach, onions and herbs. Later this season it will also yield tomatoes, corn on the cob and butternut squash. And next year the group plans to grow melons.
These photos are of Georgina with two Slimming World members on the plot. In the top photo is Tara, who lost 7st 7lbs, and in the bottom photo is Tracey, who lost 5st 0.5lbs in 15 months.
You can follow Georgina @Georgina_SWorld and her Facebook page is here. This profile is part of F&F’s series for National Allotments Week. Follow the hashtag #nationalallotmentweek and get your own plot featured by tweeting at us @fennelandfern.
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