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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Plant fruit trees and other edible plants in public spaces. More details

Submitted by Hugh Barnard – Deadline to sign up by: 29 June 2007 – Signatures: 360

Petition update, 20 July 2007

You recently signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to "Plant fruit trees and other edible plants in public spaces."

The Prime Minister's Office has responded to that petition and you can view it here:

http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page12569.asp

Prime Minister's Office

More details from petition creator

It costs the same to manage fruit trees, nut trees and blackberries as it does for ornamental plants.

These free resources will be welcomed by all UK city dwellers.

Current signatories

Hugh Barnard, the Petition Creator, joined by:

  • David Ross
  • Keith Scott
  • Edward Bains
  • Edwood Walker
  • C. Hughes
  • Peter Challen
  • Philip Snow
  • Rodney Shakespeare
  • Richard Kay
  • Gerard Darby
  • Ronald Stamper
  • Fiona McLean
  • Matthew Davies
  • Tim Evans
  • Brian Leslie
  • Andrew Dickie
  • Pierre Carter
  • Jo Walsh
  • Andrew Curry
  • Peter Riches
  • James Porter
  • Matthew Slater
  • Charlotte Gilhooly
  • Alex Forrest
  • TONY PATTISON
  • Julia Crear
  • Chris Kilby
  • Peter J Arnold
  • D.Joseph
  • Suzanne Fane-Saunders
  • Stephan Hoenig
  • Elizabeth Wyatt
  • jason knight
  • Tony Sansom
  • Tamara Common
  • Emma Halloran
  • Leigh Bloomfield
  • Daniel Worley
  • Gail Crowe
  • Angela Reid
  • Sue Maw
  • sandra hale
  • Jon I Brennan
  • Monica Alonso
  • Katy Hall
  • caroline lavelle
  • Sam Malone
  • Lee Griffiths
  • Jethro Gauld
  • Paul Smith
  • Justine Tyla
  • Miranda Buck
  • Siobhan Barry
  • A P Glover
  • Peter Clark
  • Irene Franco
  • Sarah Mason
  • cris bassam
  • Steve Simmonds
  • Katy Beadle
  • turreima smyth
  • Harry Walkeden
  • IRENA SHARPE
  • Rob Spiller
  • Oliver C Squires
  • Howard Rich
  • Jason Paterson
  • Richard Brine
  • Gerry Barnett
  • John Moseley
  • gemma Harrsion
  • Emma Cooper
  • James Agnini
  • Nigel Dingwall
  • Adele Cain
  • Ellen Somerwill
  • Chris Rayment
  • james barton
  • Lorna Henderson
  • Michael Norton
  • David Mark Bevan
  • Kate Clark
  • Amanda Broomhall
  • robert hemming
  • kenneth john jones
  • spencermudie
  • sue ievers
  • E Jackson
  • Lesley Tulley
  • GARTH CONSTABLE
  • andrew smout
  • david tate
  • d heale
  • Jean-Paul Thomas
  • Eleanor Leafe
  • Karen Richardson
  • Juliet Formby
  • Moira White
  • Natasha Welch
  • David Hayhurst
  • Charlotte Jones
  • Carol Bartholomew
  • Carl Barker
  • Ben Walpole
  • Michael Whelan
  • Alan Tingle
  • marion morris
  • Darren Nicks
  • Karin Goold
  • Pamela Hine
  • April van Es
  • Willa McDonald
  • Kate Harding
  • Michael Nisbet
  • Gavin Mileman
  • Jeremy Day
  • Anne Brennan
  • Helen Slade
  • Julian Cottrill
  • Philip Cass
  • Saeed Naderi-Dehkordi
  • liam adas
  • Stephen Rule
  • Emma Sheppard
  • Amanda Gillett
  • ian clark
  • mark wild
  • Nigel Hiley
  • Rob C
  • A. Corzine
  • Isobel Whittaker
  • Holly Riley
  • John Marks
  • CAROLE THERIAULT
  • Maria C
  • M Knight
  • ELEANOR SAVAGE
  • Jen Roberts
  • Tony White
  • alan l macleod
  • Luiz Camargo
  • Teresa Armstrong
  • lynn huggins - cooper
  • A Trubshaw
  • Natalie Moore
  • hannahrees-dawson
  • Jenny Marks
  • Martin Edney
  • Cathy Harrison
  • Steve Taylor
  • Ruth Kernohan
  • Ian Selley
  • Alice Marks
  • nettle
  • gemma thomas
  • Andrew Wood
  • jess gower
  • Lorraine Jones
  • Kathleen Freeth
  • graham c Tarling
  • stephen blatch
  • Gill Redfearn
  • Luisa Hillard
  • E A Dick
  • Liam Kurmos
  • Angela Berry
  • Henryk Parker
  • John Andrew Wilson
  • Dan Stephenson
  • Geraldine Poore
  • Amy Letts
  • Alan Bamforth
  • Stephen Douglas
  • Amanda Crossfield
  • R Blair
  • vicki kirby
  • kezia nielson
  • kate nielson
  • Katherine Scott
  • Joe Grace
  • Ken Marchant
  • Hamish Stewart
  • Marie Balle
  • michael crossfield
  • Ewa Maria Henderson
  • Roy Baker........somerset lad
  • Claire Lipman
  • Sharon Smith
  • Beckie Cowen
  • yvonne crowe
  • Mary Wright
  • Kate Bellamy
  • Johnnie Walker
  • Heather Moscrop
  • Jane Watkinson
  • James Hawkins
  • Sarah King
  • Meriel Oliver
  • sylvia whitby
  • Douglas Hill
  • Tara Duncan
  • D.Rosemary Prickett
  • Kate Horne
  • Christine McFadzean
  • Stuart Waters
  • Jason Elliott
  • Carey Fairgrieve
  • Nora Kiss
  • Emma Wilkinson
  • Caroline Cottrell
  • Ann Dunn
  • Carol Downing
  • Paula Westaby
  • nicola ayres
  • cheryl buxton
  • Danette Whittle
  • Laurence Wilkinson
  • rose daly
  • luke bridges
  • Samuel Hardman
  • Gina Martin
  • Chris Jones
  • Daniel Edelstyn
  • Alwyne Kennedy
  • James Bayliss-Smith
  • Sofia Proietti Tocca
  • Jonathan Evans
  • Barbara Dickinson
  • Robert Kingsbury-Barker
  • Karen Rees
  • thomas p stones
  • Brigitte Barnes
  • Donna Hicks
  • dinah miller
  • Peter Trend
  • alex hampson
  • Jean Gitsham
  • r spring
  • Natasha Barnes
  • Andrew Mackenzie
  • Francesca Bourn
  • Matt Ogier-Russell
  • Anna Woodward
  • margaret heath
  • andrea steinke
  • Helen Vaux
  • Mark Laurence
  • Laura Vesty
  • Nick Gaves
  • Ian Stray
  • david pearce
  • Tracey Smith
  • Karen Dimmock
  • A. Rawoo
  • Sophie Fenwick-Paul
  • David hellawell
  • Damien Hopton
  • Margaret Dewhurst
  • gavin george reeve
  • D Marshall
  • Rebecca Dore
  • Peter May
  • Mari Shackell
  • Marcus Neale
  • Pam Bennett
  • Marcus Williams
  • Honor Mackley-Ward
  • susan wallace
  • Dom Whitmore
  • Joe Steinberg
  • Natalie McCall
  • Jean Vidler
  • Sarah Lundregan
  • Paul Roper
  • ian pounder
  • George Munson
  • alan davies
  • Philip Webb
  • Mike Hardiman
  • R. Stockwell
  • David Hudson
  • Elizabeth Austwick
  • Clare Wright
  • Hugh Ward
  • leila cattanach
  • Lucy Dewitt
  • Matthew Mollart
  • sue brown
  • ROLAND GILMORE
  • Lester Drake
  • Len Brackstone
  • Joel Hunt
  • Luka Atkinson
  • Matthew Axford
  • Dan Hawcutt
  • Tom Goldsmith
  • Billie Richards
  • Sarah Youngson
  • Jo Martin
  • Wendy Mcgregor
  • Ben Samphire
  • Judy Excell
  • Sam Euridge
  • Hannah Smith
  • Jonathan Davis
  • colin sneath
  • john torbuck
  • janine wilde
  • M. Oxton
  • Dan Thompson
  • Brian Ellison
  • fergus drennan
  • Dave Bellamy
  • Provided local people can access the fruit for free
  • andy hill
  • Joe Rollett
  • Phil de Havilland-Hall
  • Jacky SuttonAdam
  • David Clough
  • Alison Shaw
  • Ellie Markham
  • Claire Mullan
  • james schindler-ord
  • R.Storch
  • Sally Pointer
  • Nicholas Jones
  • Joanne Corless
  • Sarah Hodkinson
  • Claire Chester
  • Djohari
  • Samantha Parker
  • John Mooney
  • robin simms
  • they have them in Milton keynes
  • Deborah Comyn-Platt
  • Veronica Prince
  • lauren higgs
  • Rosemary Ward
  • Stephen Archer
  • Anna Lee
  • Ross Gard;er
  • Rosemary Eade
  • Steve
  • Judy Kerr
  • Phil Berry
  • Steffen Frost
  • Adam E Phillips
  • Marianne Mills
  • NATHAN JARVIS
  • Lucille Reeves
  • John Kenney
  • James McCarter
  • Anni Williams
  • James Reeley
  • Marcus Suitor (PSU London UK Ltd)
  • Rick Crust
  • christine walters
  • Geoffrey May
  • Oliver Beattie

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