POLICE were called to diffuse a bitter row between rival allotment holders in Heanor.
A patrol van and two officers were sent to the Roper Avenue site on Sunday after keen growers Gary and Jane Wells clashed with members of the committee that runs the site.
Mr Wells, 40, claims he and his wife were served with a notice evicting them from their plot.
He said when they refused to leave, the committee members locked the allotments gates, trapping them inside, and called police.
When the two officers arrived, a shocked Mr and Mrs Wells agreed to leave the site.
Mr Wells, of Heanor, said: "The officers came with all the 'blues and twos' going. They said I had to leave as I had been given an eviction notice and if we didn't they would arrest us for breach of the peace. It is a ridiculous situation."
The father-of-three says he has lodged an appeal against the eviction with Heanor and Loscoe Town Council.
Mr Wells said the row started last August over a wildlife garden he and his wife created at the site that they wanted to open to the public.
He said some allotment holders were against it and following the committee's annual meeting, he and his 41-year-old wife, were sent a letter saying there had been complaints about them from other gardeners.
Terry Wright, secretary of the allotment committee, said: "I was not there on Sunday and until I know what is happening I will not be commenting."
A spokesman for Derbyshire police confirmed officers were called to the allotments on Sunday.
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