"Kay Easton" wrote in message
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In article , Druss
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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"Colin Davidson" writes:
| "Kay Easton" wrote in message
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| And as wild flowers surely they are protected.
|
| I don't think they are. Not all wild flowers are protected.
|
| They are - it is an offence to take any plant without permission
of
the
| landowner, and I can't offhand think of any bit of the UK, apart
from
| perhaps below the high tide mark, that isn't owned by *someone*
|
| Depends on where you mean. A lot of land owned by the crown has
public
| access, and anything you can get to from said access is considered
fair
| game. Otherwise kids picking blackberries would be illegal, picking
| mushrooms, etc, would be illegal!

The same is true of those things on private land. It is one of the
relics of Roman law, as passed on by the 'Anglo-Saxons'. The game
laws are a legacy of the Norman banditry.

That infamous Countryside Act made the DIGGING UP of all plants
comparable to the taking of game, rather than the picking of fruit.

I thought this also applied to seeds, and thus would apply to fruit.
Always
makes me laugh when I see so many "cooking outdoors" style programs on
TV, I
enjoy them but think everytime he picks something to eat and films it
he's
racking up an awful lot of evidence for the prosecution.

No, you can pick flowers and fruits of plants that aren't on the highly
protected list.

See http://www.naturenet.net/law/wcagen.html#plants

This does say that it's not part of the law rather it's part of "common law"
which is a strange beast at best. Also says you can only do this on public
land. Guess trespass would come into the picture otherwise, that and
scrumping !.

I am sure they "could" prosecute if they wished, but don't bother due to the
uproar it would cause, but until someone tries it I guess i'll never be
sure.

Duncan

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