GROW YOUR OWN

Set against one tumultuous year at the Blacktree Road vegetable garden allotment, it's a sweet story with a nostalgic feel about an eclectic and grumpy mix of people who spend all their spare time at their plots, treating it as a sanctuary from the real world. Only the real world keeps imposing itself on this nice quiet community, and when a group of refugees are given allotments by a local psychotherapist, the long-termers are not too happy about the suspicious new arrivals. The allotment is run by ex-cop Big John (Philip Jackson). Threatened by the new arrivals, he encourages the other gardeners to enforce the draconian rules set out in the allotment constitution, so if newcomers accidentally break the rules they can be booted out. But that starts a chain of events that ultimately sees all the gardeners fighting for their plot and their individuality. Grow Your Own is a gentle film about diversity and integration but only really scratches the surface of this social tension.

Estimated despatch 14-20 days after ordering.