Tag:landuse=allotments
 landuse = allotments
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allotment gardens with multiple land parcels assigned to individuals or families for gardening. 
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Allotment gardens (known as community gardens in the United States) are characterised by a concentration in one place of a few or up to several hundreds of land parcels that are assigned to individuals or families.
In allotment gardens, the parcels are cultivated individually, contrary to community gardens where the entire area is tended collectively by a group of people. 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 organised in an allotment association which leases the land from the owner provided that it is only used for gardening (i.e. growing vegetables, fruits and flowers), but not for permanent residential purposes.
- See allotment (gardening) on Wikipedia
Tagging
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| name=* | Name of site. |
| plots=* | The total number of individual plots. |
| operator=* | Name of operator responsible for the long term maintenance of the site. In the United Kingdom this is often the local council (unless privately run). |
| user=* | Name of user group (association). Often also responsible for leasing out the individual plots and acting as a point of contact between members and the Operator. |
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| allotments=plot | An individual demarcated area within an allotment site | Approved |
Sometimes boundary=lot and lot=<number_of_plot> have been used instead.
For buildings on allotments, see Tag:building=allotment house.
Rendering
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Notes
Note that this tag is for the entire site, rather than individual plots. Use allotments=plot and/or boundary=lot for an individual plot and ref=number_of_plot or lot=number_of_plot for the number of the plot.