Vegetables in the Downing St garden
Soon Mr Rudd will be the only world leader without his own vegie patch. Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has got one now. Watch out, Kev, you’ll get left behind!
I read on Treehugger that Mr Brown has had a vegetable patch planted at 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the UK’s PM. Apparently Sarah Brown, his wife, is very excited about the project and keen to see some strawberries soon.
The garden is actually run by the Royal Parks Agency, and the produce is on sale in the Downing St cafeteria so staff can benefit from having freshly picked vegetables.
What’s interesting to me is that it was his Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Hilary Benn, who committed him to the project. And he only put the idea forward because the Organic Trade Board and the Soil Association put him up to it.
So I feel a letter to our own Environment Minister coming on… when I send it I’ll post it here for you to see and copy if you like.
Photo credit: official Downing St Flickr account.
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