UPDATE OF 2ND FEB 2010: I SPOKE TO THE MANAGER OF CHERISH HOUSE YESTERDAY WHO ASSURES ME TRIDENT HOUSING ASSOCIATION HAVE NOT PREVENTED THE RESIDENTS OF CHERISH HOUSE FROM GARDENING. IT SEEMS THERE WAS A DISPUTE BETWEEN A COUPLE OF RESIDENTS OVER THE PATCH OF LAND, AND THE RESIDENTS’ COMMITTEE DECREED THAT THEY DOWN TOOLS UNTIL THEY CAME TO A MUTUAL AGREEMENT. AS YET, THEY HAVE NOT COME TO A MUTUAL AGREEMENT.
At the last Digbeth Residents’ Association meeting on 1st September the issue of the gardens in Cherish House, owned by Trident Housing Association, was raised. It seems that the green-fingured residents have been told to down tools, cease gardening and have had to watch as their well-tended patches of green have become overgrown with weeds.
No one’s really sure why they’ve been prevented from gardening, something they obviously got a great deal of satisfaction from doing. Residents’ Association Chair and rebel heart Adam Crossley suggested donning balaclavas and doing a spot of late-night guerilla gardening, which sounds like fun.
The next Residents’ Association meeting is at 7pm on Monday 6th October in the Paragon Hotel.
