Welcome To The Gardien Newsletter

In this newsletter:

1. Insurance Warnings
2. What’s Tommy T-Leaf been up to?
3. Crime Reduction Initiative: South Yorkshire Police

Insurance Warnings

The combination of British Summer Time and the worsening economic gloom have given rise to a series of timely garden security warnings from several major insurance companies:-

a. "Lock up your garden valuables" warns Mike Pickard of esure, following the results of a study by ICM Research that found 93% of householders regularly leave expensive items out in the garden overnight .

b. EZ Insurance anticipates that the change from GMT to BST could see an increase of 25% in garden crime.

c. According to Halifax Home Insurance garden theft rose 63% at this time last year.

d. A recent survey by M&S Money reveals that :-

1. The average garden contains £720 worth of greenery.
2. The average shed contents are worth £888.
3. 17% of people with a garden know someone who has had plants, shrubs & trees stolen
4. 67% of people have not checked whether their plants are covered by home insurance.

We advise all gardeners to check the value of their gardens and contents by downloading our FREE Inventory

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What’s Tommy T-Leaf been up to?

March 3rd - Two bronze statues, one a 1.2 metre antelope and the other an 80cm foal, were stolen from a Garden Centre near Warminster in Wiltshire.

March 24th - thieves took credit cards, a cheque book, a mobile phone and cash from a house in Bakewell, entering through an unlocked door while the owner was in the garden

March 20 - also in Bakewell a box of valuable jewellery was stolen from a house on Park Road at 2pm while the homeowner was in the garden.

March 22nd - Southfleet (Kent) – a pair of CARVED STONE GARDEN URNS stolen, each approx 4 ft tall and 2 ft wide

March 23rd – Gt Saling (Essex) – an Iron Equinoctial ring stolen from a garden. The piece is approx. 5 ft tall.

April 6th - South Yorkshire Police issues a leaflet helping gardeners protect against crime.

 April 9th - West Mercia Constabulary urges residents to help them tackle garden crime by reviewing and improving their security.

April 8 - April 10 - someone forced their way into a shed in a back garden in Green Lane, Street, Somerset and stole an Apollo mountain bike.

April 14th - A pensioner says she no longer feels safe in her own neighbourhood after a thief snatched an ornament from her front garden in Spalding, Lincs.

April 16th - Fishing tackle worth £800 stolen from shed in Kidderminster

April 17th - A little boy has been left heartbroken after thieves stole his goal — including posts, bar and net - from the family’s garden in Exeter

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Crime Reduction Initiative: South Yorkshire Police

We are pleased to promote the following initiative from Andy Foster of South Yorkshire Police.

Flyers can also be downloaded from our website: click here