Petition · past parliament
Include plants & planting as 'essential items and activity' during C19 lock-down
Rejected
13 signatures
What the petition asks
Urgently review the 'essential items and activities' to include plants, agriculture and horticulture. This is a time-sensitive issue... planting and nature will not wait!
Mitigate:
• the potentially devastating impact of C19 lockdown rules n the agriculture and horticulture industries
• long-term implications of not allowing people to tend their allotments mean potential fruit/veg shortages
• the impact on insect and wildlife [with reduced pollination] long-term impacts
• impact on mental health if people can't 'do something' for nature in these terrible times – homes need life in plant form too populated with butterflies/bees [other insects], etc.
• the potentially devastating impact of C19 lockdown rules n the agriculture and horticulture industries
• long-term implications of not allowing people to tend their allotments mean potential fruit/veg shortages
• the impact on insect and wildlife [with reduced pollination] long-term impacts
• impact on mental health if people can't 'do something' for nature in these terrible times – homes need life in plant form too populated with butterflies/bees [other insects], etc.
Why it was rejected
It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. Agriculture has been permitted, including the use allotments. There is no essential items list, but there are limited retailers who are able to operate for visitors, however since you started your petition garden centres have been able to reopen.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. Agriculture has been permitted, including the use allotments. There is no essential items list, but there are limited retailers who are able to operate for visitors, however since you started your petition garden centres have been able to reopen.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
Timeline
| 31 Mar 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 18 May 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
13
Status
Rejected
Rejected
18 May 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.