"OUR COMMITMENT:

• We will lobby for a public recognition from central government of the unique importance of Britain's community gardens
• We will press local authorities to acknowledge the importance of community gardens within their Unitary Development Plans - offering real protection to existing sites and encouraging the creation of further sites in accordance with their Local Agenda 21 objectives
• We will lend our support to a national open spaces policy which takes account of the quality as well as the quantity of open space
• We will support community gardens in practical ways by giving advice and offering a free one-year subscription to every community garden in Britain that writes to us* to request one

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

• Join an existing project - community gardens need your skills
• Start your own project. You can send off for a starter pack with all the information you need from the National Federation of City FarmsÝ
• Lobby your council - under Local Agenda 21 they have to listen!"

* Gardening Which? PO Box 44, Hertford X, SG14 1SH (0645-830089)

Ý NFCF, The Green House, Hereford Street, Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 4NA (0117-923-1800)

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