{"id":137147,"date":"2023-05-26T23:55:32","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T16:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/when-councils-lose-the-plot-over-gardens-letters\/"},"modified":"2023-05-27T00:15:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T17:15:46","slug":"when-councils-lose-the-plot-over-gardens-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/when-councils-lose-the-plot-over-gardens-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"When councils lose the plot over gardens | Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nCouncil tenants should be encouraged to create gardens on their properties, writes Marie Paterson, while Lyn Pigney finds it strange and sad that local authorities are clamping down on hanging baskets and flower boxesHow sad to read Phineas Harper\u2019s article about council tenants being denied the pleasure of cultivating a small garden on the plots of land outside their properties (The council has come for our gnomes and pot plants. Your hanging basket might be next, 23 May).When my mother and I moved into a new council flat in Manor Park in east London in the 1960s (now part of Newham), the large piece of land between our flat and the Eastern Region railway viaduct was divided into small garden plots, each with individual clothes lines. Most tenants took full advantage of these plots, taking great pleasure in cultivating them in their own individual ways. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Council tenants should be encouraged to create gardens on their properties, writes Marie Paterson, while...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-zG3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":113325,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/wheelock-properties-to-loan-three-plots-of-land-at-hk1-each-to-ngos-for-2000-transitional-homes-to-ease-housing-crisis\/","url_meta":{"origin":137147,"position":0},"title":"Wheelock Properties to loan three plots of land at HK$1 each to NGOs for 2,000 \u2018transitional\u2019 homes to ease housing crisis","date":"December 30, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Wheelock Properties has become the third Hong Kong developer to volunteer to lease some of its land to ease the city\u2019s housing crisis.Wheelock said it will loan three plots of land, with a total area of 500,000 square feet for just HK$1 each to the Hong Kong Council of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":137797,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/urban-gardens-are-vital-yet-councils-are-seeking-to-ban-them\/","url_meta":{"origin":137147,"position":1},"title":"Urban gardens are vital, yet councils are seeking to ban them","date":"June 23, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Doorsteps, window boxes and balconies are just as much gardens as large, green plots with fences. 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