Swallowing tears, spokeswoman Sara Jane Trebar said the group was thrilled by the decision, which vindicated its two-year campaign funded by hundreds of small donations from gardeners and allotment groups around the country.
"I have been contacted by lots of allotment groups since this process stared saying: 'If only we had known we could do something about our development, and now it's too late.'" In a statement, communities minister Stephen Williams said the government had taken its decision "based on the evidence provided by the council at the time".
The tickets are part of a larger allotment for group sales or charities, a practice common among all teams.
Total time in direct volunteer subject interaction was 660 min; allotment breakdown by group and key informant is provided in Table 1.
The examiners recruited the participants and were blinded to the participants' group allotments.
Within the group of allotment gardeners, older gardeners reported significantly less health complaints than younger gardeners.
The stronger health and well-being impacts of allotment gardening in the group of older respondents fit well with anecdotal and qualitative information that allotment gardens are especially beneficial for the elderly [ 23, 24].
Within the group of allotment gardeners, composite well-being of older gardeners was significantly better than that of younger gardeners, which was due to the older gardeners reporting significantly more social contacts, less loneliness, and less stress than younger gardeners.
A group of allotment-holders at a 118-year-old site in Watford have won a landmark legal victory to save their plots from redevelopment, in a judgment their lawyers say could have important implications for similar sites around the country.
This design results in a total sample of 160 respondents, divided in three groups (80 allotment gardeners, 40 neighbors, and 40 future gardeners on a waiting list).
