UK: Evicted allotment tenants still waiting for answers as they say their garden ‘means everything’
“It is really, really sad about a place that is supposed to be calming where people do positive things.”
By Mia O’Hare
Nottingham News
Dec 26, 2022
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Gisella has been trying to get answers through an appeals process for the past few months. She said: “I have got to say, it is so so so depressing. It is so disappointing that something that has been done unlawfully can take so long to be rectified. Not only that, the actual rectification looks like it won’t happen.”
She says she has been trying to contact the Renewal Trust, which runs the site, and has been offered a meeting with an outsider which is why it has taken so long. Gisella said: “I believe they have tried to play the game, they have tried to drag it out for as long as possible hoping that in fact it would go away. When they have seen that is not happening, they have gone okay we need to do something about it.
“It is really, really sad about a place that is supposed to be calming where people do positive things. The Renewal Trust has made it ugly.” Gisella has not had access to her plot since the summer and is concerned about the welfare of her fish in the pond.
Gisella and Fabian both say others have been evicted for similar reasons. Gisella said: “It is ugly. It is ugly but it’s true, I think it is discrimination. I do believe this is a personal dislike. These evictions are based on who they don’t like, for who they are and how they react.
