DAVID WRIGHT
PHOTOGRAPHY
URBAN AGRICULTURALISTS
A MODERN TRIBE OF ENGLAND
Ollie, market garden
Above Coutts Bank
London. August 2018
Norman
Brettons Farm Allotments, Rainham
September 2018
The prize leek
Rainham Horticultural Show
September 2018
Judging at the Rainham Autumn Horticultural Show
September 2018
The prize winning pumpkin. Rainham Horticultural Show
September 2020
Judging jams and conserves
The Rainham Horticultural Show
September 2020
Father and son
on their allotment
Brettons Farm, Rainham
The allotment during Lockdown
Dave baling out water ready to lay a new water supply. Brentwood Allotments
Andrew was a farmer before he came to this country. Now he is a bricklayer but has an allotment to keep in touch with his agricultural past.
Brentwood Allotments
Nancy used to be a baker. She got hold of a large sack of flour when it was in short supply during lockdown and baked cakes for the other Brentwood allotment holders.
Ian, the allotment manager
during lockdown
Brentwood Allotments
Sally has lived nearby ever since she was a girl. During lockdown she treasured the opportunity to go to her allotment and get out in the fresh air, meet other allomenteers and escape the feeling of being isolated.
Brentwood allotments
One woman got very ill during lockdown and couldn't look after her allotment. So people helped by rotavating the soil, weeding and planting new crops for her. Brentwood Allotments
Taking delivery of a lorry-load of free manure during lockdown
Ian arranged to get a delivery every other week
from a local stable.
Brentwood Allotments
Mark and his wife Sue, barrowing manure. They used the allotment as a way of getting out during lockdown rather than staying 'imprisoned' indoors
Brentwood Allotments
Ellen was a furniture buyer and lived in a flat until she got furloughed. She moved back to live with her dad - Clive when he got ill. The allotment has helped them both but particularly her dad in getting well.
Twice a year, Andrew would buy half a pig and make his special sausages. Then he would smoke them in a smoker he constructed on his Allotment. He also smoked hams using the age-old tradition of oak chips
Brentwood allotments
Fereenc and his partner only got their allotment at the beginning of lockdown. Wooden pallets have many uses especially in constructing raised beds
Brentwood Allotments
