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Personal statements:
Jane Davies, plot 88a (existing Committee member)
Personal statement
I’ve enjoyed growing my veg, and in particular watching the birds and insects that inhabit my plot with me. My reason for joining the Committee is to encourage other gardeners to enjoy their plots and also to consider the importance of protecting the wildlife around us, whose numbers are so sadly declining.
Lewis Evans, plot 118b (existing Committee member)
Personal statement
I’m keen to see these allotments continue to be as well managed as possible, and working properly for all plot holders.
Present Works
- Forming part of Council-required Plot Inspection Team.
Gordon Goldsmith, plot 120a (existing Committee member)
Candidate content with information below. Present works include:
- Forming part of Council-required Plot Inspection Team.
- Affixing nesting boxes about the site.
Inferred:
Aims
- To make PPA site a convivial place for all plot holders.
Wendy Gunter, plot 113b (Existing Committee member, as PPAA Treasurer, ad hoc Acting Chair, and signatory to LMA deed)
Personal statement
General
- I’ve spent my life in or near Pontcanna (I’m now in Canton) where I have a small garden, which I’ve always tended devotedly.
- I’m retired from a demanding job, which has given me time to run an allotment.
Present works
- As Treasurer, updating income and expenditure records.
- Paying invoices, and ensuring I have an invoice/receipt for any expenditure.
- I’m a signatory on PPAA bank account.
- Liaising with Site Secretary on expected payments from plot holders as well as updates on any cash received.
- Preparing and organising the audit of annual accounts for the Council to ensure that our grant is paid.
- Additionally, dealing with contractors over major works e.g. wall rebuild, waste heap removal.
Aims
- As a signatory on the Local Management Agreement, to honour this agreement.
- To carry on as long as possible with the current Committee.
Nerys Lloyd-Pierce, plots 33b and 44 (existing Committee member)
Personal statement
Nerys Lloyd-Pierce joined the PPAA Committee as she has an interest in protecting wildlife; encouraging the planting of wildlife friendly plants amid the veggies, and encouraging butterflies, bumblebees and birds in the process. Along with fellow Committee member, Gordon, nest boxes were put up around the allotment for robins, blue tits, and great tits before the nesting season started. Blackbirds, wrens and song thrushes prefer bushes and scrub, where they will be nesting now.
Martin Pasek, plot 73 (existing Committee member)
Personal statement
General
- I grew up on a family smallholding, a horticultural nursery.
- After university at UCL, I worked in a range of areas, including public facing ones.
- I’ve maintained an interest in gardening, both ornamental and culinary, throughout my life.
- I welcome the proposed new Tenancy Agreement, because it appears to me to dispel some widespread misconceptions about allotment gardening that have arisen in recent times.
- I’m a member of Open Spaces Society.
- I’m an organic and ecological moderate and pragmatist.
Present works
- Clearing of plots for letting.
- Removal of fly tipping.
- Maintenance of gate locks and site plumbing.
- Grounds maintenance of hedges, tracks, parking areas etc.
- Propagating pollinator-sustaining shrubs from cuttings, for planting about the site.
- Website admin.
Aims
- To do all that I can to prevent Pontcanna Permanent Allotments from falling into any condition, where anyone could claim that they are “failing”, and would therefore be of more benefit to the public if developed – as has happened at many sites across the country.
- To help to preserve and to impart the traditional, and self-evidently sustainable gardening methods, which have supported human life for thousands of years.
Sue Pasek, plot 73 (existing Committee member, Council’s Site Representative, ad hoc Acting Chair, and signatory to LMA deed)
Personal statement
General
- I was never happier as a little girl than when helping my late grandfather with his vegetable garden, especially when playing in his compost heap, and that emotional attachment to the soil has remained with me throughout my life.
- My working life was quite demanding and stressful, and made me appreciate the sort of relaxation that gardening can give.
- I’m a member of Open Spaces Society.
- I’m an organic and ecological moderate and pragmatist.
Present works
- In the absence of a substantive Site Representative, and as the Council-nominated contact for PPAA, I manage correspondence with the Council and with plot holders. I also introduce prospective tenants from the waiting list to plots, in one-to-one meetings.
- I assist with plot clearance, grounds maintenance, and act as Chair with PPAA Treasurer as agreed.
- I presently represent PPAA at Council and other meetings.
Aims
- To honour my binding undertakings, as a signatory to the Local Management Agreement deed with the Council.
- In general, to do all that I can to promote Pontcanna Permanent Allotments as a thriving, productive community of gardeners.
Mike Powell, plot 142 (existing Committee member)
Candidate content with information below. Present works include:
- Clearing neglected plots for re-letting.
- Hedge laying work etc.
- Dealing with arborist contractors.
- Forming part of Council-required Plot Inspection Team.
Inferred:
Aims
To work with others towards ensuring the fullest and most productive occupation of the plots on PPA site that can be achieved.
Rhys Williams, plot 137a (existing Committee member)
Candidate content with information below. Present works include:
- Hedge laying works.
- Sowing for increasing bramble thicket along spine road hedge.
- Growing subjects for the plant sale.
- Forming part of Council-required Plot Inspection Team.
Inferred:
Aims
- To make PPA site a convivial place for all plot holders.
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