According to a Harvard professor, Britain spends too much time and effort on their own private gardens and completely neglects public parks and open spaces.
Clive Aslet writes in the Telegraph this morning, defending the British people claiming it is the governments fault that spending has been capped and our parks neglected.
Aslet's defence comes in response from an attack by Landscape architect and Harvard Professor Martha Schwartz who said that "if the culture of looking after our green spaces fails to be transferred from gardens to green spaces then London will be left behind other cities in Europe whilst run-down areas in smaller towns and cities in the UK will continue to suffer economic and social breakdown."
What do you feel about British parks and open spaces - do you feel they have been neglected or is it more a case that when a home-owner invests in their own space that they have a greater degree of security in that investment.
After all, parks and public spaces, especially after dark, become no-go areas with much crime and vandalism.
Parks staff morale is quickly lost when a hard days work planting out bedding and shrub displays can be lost in just one night of one selfish act.
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