Puzzle Description

Life on the Allotment (G6334) is a gorgeously illustrated jigsaw puzzle from Janice Daughters. Janice also has another 1000 piece puzzle in the Gibsons catalogue called Pots & Penny Farthings. The setting for Life on the Allotment rotates around a large piece of land in a local neighbourhood that has been divided up and shared between the local residents who want to grow produce or plants but who don't have enough room on their own private properties.

An allotment (British English),or in North America, a community garden, is a plot of land made available for individual, non-commercial gardening or growing food plants, so forming a kitchen garden away from the residence of the user. Such plots are formed by subdividing a piece of land into a few or up to several hundred parcels that are assigned to individuals or families. Such parcels are cultivated individually, contrary to other community garden types where the entire area is tended collectively by a group of people. In countries that do not use the term "allotment (garden)", a "community garden" may refer to individual small garden plots as well as to a single, large piece of land gardened collectively by a group of people. The term "victory garden" is also still sometimes used, especially when a community garden dates back to the First or Second World War.

The individual size of a parcel typically suits the needs of a family, and often the plots include a shed for tools and shelter, and sometimes a hut for seasonal or weekend accommodation. The individual gardeners are usually organised in an allotment association, which leases or is granted the land from an owner who may be a public, private or ecclesiastical entity, and who usually stipulates that it be only used for gardening but not for permanent residential purposes . The gardeners have to pay a small membership fee to the association, and have to abide by the corresponding constitution and by-laws. However, the membership entitles them to certain democratic rights.

As you can see from this particular example, the garden can support a great multitude of individuals who obviously have different ideas. From flowers in the spring to squash and tomatoes in the fall, the allotment garden is active for about 8 months a year, especially in more moderate climates.

Like all Gibsons puzzles, Life on the Allotment, is made from 100% recycled board and can be assembled many times without losing any of the features of a top quality jigsaw puzzle.

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