I haven't been following all these gardens / allotments messages, so forgive me if I'm repeating other contributors, but The House of Commons Select Committee on Environment, Transport & the Regions has recently held an inquiry into the future of allotments and the proceedings can be found at http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect /cmenvtra/560-i/560i01.htm You can also send friends/loved ones virtual bunches of flowers via the following: http://www.virtualflowers.com/vflower_send.phtml Um, sorry - that's all ! Neil ********************************* Dr Neil Ward Department of Geography,University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK Tel: +44 (0)191-222-8939; Fax: +44 (0)191-222-5421 Web page: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~ngeog/neil_ward.html ********************************* %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%