We recently had trespassers on site during the late evening. It’s not certain how they gained access, but after a walk around site a couple of area’s of possible entry were identified. Work is currently underway to minimse the potential for entry at these points.
At this time, I am certain that 4 gardens were accessed, with damage being caused during and upon entry. Should anyone know of any gardens that had been broken into with damage caused and or items stolen please let me know in the first instance to enable me to update the police.
As I state at the top of this post, it’s not certain how they gained access, and although a couple of area’s had been identified as a risk, there is still the possibility that someone just “Walked In”. It has been brought to my attention that the main gate is being left open for considerable lenghts of time on a regular basis.
The gate MUST be closed each time you enter or exit the site unless you have a fellow gardener entering or exiting behind you.
This is a reoccurring issue and it seems that a tenant or tenants have a blatant disregard for the security/safety of our site and its gardeners, therefore I intend to have an indepth discussion at the AGM with regards to what action can be taken against any tenant/s that repeatedly compromise our security/safety.
John Stooke
Old Park Farm Garden Holders Association 