The ‘dullest man in Britain’ has dug deep to produce a bizarre calendar for 2024 – celebrating his favourite allotments.<br /><br />Kevin Beresford spent months travelling around his hometown of Redditch, Worcs., to find the best green spaces on offer for gardening fans.<br /><br />The 71-year-old compiled his 12 favourites into a contender for the most boring calendar of 2024 – devoted entirely to public allotments.<br /><br />Kevin, who admits he could be ‘Britain’s dullest man’, says he dug up some surprising discoveries during his allotment tour. <br /><br />He said: “I used to think people who do allotments were weird and dull people, but when you get talking to them it’s pretty good. <br /><br />“They're eco-warriors, they’re resourceful people. Whatever is going round, that’s been discarded, they’ll use. <br /><br />“They don’t just grow plants, they’re into bee hives. They’re digging for victory. They're very relaxing places. <br /><br />“There's one in Astwood Bank that’s very peaceful. I always put my favourite in the December page and that made it. <br /><br />“The security for them is quite tight for them because of the veg prices. You do get the guys who call themself in charge. <br /><br />“You always get someone who wants to know what you’re doing.”<br /><br />Kevin has previously produced calendars featuring car parks, village notice boards, roundabouts and even one dedicated to footballer Jack Grealish’s calves. <br /><br />Kevin said: “These calendars don’t sell for the thousands, but it covers the cost for the printing. It gets me out. I do all the design, I make them. <br /><br />“It's fun coming up with different content. I like to capture slice of English life and put that into a format. <br /><br />“Artists have always focused on the mundane. Van Gough would paint his pipe on the chair. I am the ambassador of the mundane. <br /><br />“I’m the dullest man in Britain.” <br /><br />The pensioner is part of the Dull Men’s Club and says he takes inspiration from the unassuming and dull aspects of life and turns them into art. <br /><br />One of Kevin’s favourite allotments is one on Astwood Bank which boasts stunning views of the picturesque Malvern Hills.<br /><br />Another one of his top picks was the Dolphin Road allotments, which took the May spot, where people had turned old bathtubs and toilets into planters. <br /><br />Other highlights include Walkwood Road allotments for its oasis-like atmosphere and Sandpits allotments on Bendy Close. <br /><br />Kevin added: “Astwood bank is the best, on the most coveted page. Got to be finest in Redditch, it’s like a park. <br /><br />“It has the beautiful back drop of Malvern hills. You do become a bit of an expert. <br /><br />“Dolphin Road allotments, this is a sight that is broken into twice a week. <br /><br />“An amazing array of produce grown here. Even flowers. This had bathtub and toilets. <br /><br />“Anything that can hold bits, as long as it has drainage. These resourceful diggers use anything. <br /><br />“Then there’s Church Hill which is broken into twice a week as well. Sturdy gates with huge bits of razor wire to stop people climbing over. This is the sign of the times.”<br /><br />Kevin said he hopes to fight the negative image of Redditch after it was voted the worst place to live in the UK in one poll. <br /><br />He added: “Some say Redditch is the worst place in England. We can combat that horrible moniker. <br /><br />“I think with allotments there’s a lot of people involved in allotments. <br /><br />“The British have always been gardeners, it’s intrinsic in our psyche. They're wind up gifts at the moment.”
