Edith Avery 1 - "petty, heartless, jobsworth stupidity" 0

[alan refail]

A heartening story from Southeast Wales. No credit to council

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/8130621.stm

[oldherbaceous]

Thats office folk for you, no idea of the real world, or old peoples feelings.

Not all office folk, i rush to add.

[macmac]

I bet there are many people on this forum who would welcome this lady on their site.Beautiful flowers being grown are far more desirable than some of the neglected plots many of us have experience of .Good luck to her and may she enjoy many more seasons growing her blooms

[alan refail]

I bet there are many people on this forum who would welcome this lady on their site.Beautiful flowers being grown are far more desirable than some of the neglected plots many of us have experience of .Good luck to her and may she enjoy many more seasons growing her blooms

Indeed so Macmac.

Here is a photo of her allotment courtesy of her local MP Paul Flynn.

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[Primrose]

I do so hate these petty jobsworths. We have too many of these useless types who are funded by our Council Tax and I'm heartened that the British public are starting to fight back and put them in their place - which ought to be in the dole queue.
Anybody who knows the slightest thing about allotments ought to know that flowers play a rightful place in the growing of fruit and vegetables, by attracting bees and other pollinating insects.
Where on earth do these individuals get their basic education?

[Parsons Jack]

I bet there are many people on this forum who would welcome this lady on their site.Beautiful flowers being grown are far more desirable than some of the neglected plots many of us have experience of .Good luck to her and may she enjoy many more seasons growing her blooms

Indeed so Macmac.

Here is a photo of her allotment courtesy of her local MP Paul Flynn.

Edith-Averys-allotment-001.jpg

It really does look nice and very well tended. But, where do you draw the line. If allotments are for growing veg, and many sites have very long waiting lists, you can see the other side of it. Would there have been the same outcry if it had been a middle aged fat bloke on the plot?

[MrsL]

Well, there should be.

I 'm not sure there is a line to be drawn; allotments are for growing - very few would choose to grow flowers alone, so in my view, those that choose to should be left in peace to get on with how they choose to run their plots. The flowers themselves play many roles too.
Made me cross and

[alan refail]

The secret for allotmenteers is to have a good MP - see this Early Day Motion.

[Shallot Man]

I suppose a compromise is for half the plot be vegetables.

[peter]

One of our sites had a basket weaving lady take a plot.

When she left the new tenant had ten rod of willow stumps to clear.