Famous Allotmenteers

Did you know Albert Einstein had an allotment in the Kolonie Bocksfelde in Berlin-Spandau in the early 1920s? It seems he wasn't a very assiduous allotmenteer, because he was sent a note by the local authority taking him to task about the state of his plot:

You are presently leasing allotment 2 at the Burgunderweg in Boxfelde. Said allotment has not been managed since a long time, weeds have spread all over the whole parcel and have soared. The fence is not in order, and the whole allotment makes an unesthetic impression. We have to assume that you are no longer interested in leasing the parcel, and we will give it away to someone else, unless you object prior to the 25th of this month, and the allotment is put in order until that date. Please take care of the removal of this nuisance, and give us further notice.

So that's two things I feel good about - I'm a better allotmenteer than Einstein and I'm probably a better physicist than Monty Don.