NB. This website is not interested in the Grootendorst’s situation beyond the relationship with Bexley council. If Rita Grootendorst is eccentric or unnecessarily outspoken that is a matter for others. If her husband’s disability is alarming to some then the answer is care not persecution by Bexley council. She is featured here because she has been singled out by Bexley council for special treatment. They don’t like her because she thwarted their ambitions to sell off the borough’s allotments. They don’t like her because she stood for election as a councillor and a party favourite lost her seat as a result. The council has retaliated by denying her access to services and sought to prosecute her because her garden is unorthodox and has become untidy and cluttered during building extension work which they themselves have made difficult by over-frequent inspection. Bexley council has a long history of persecuting and prosecuting critics as perusal of this website will confirm.
Blogs
Think of a number, any number… - 25th November 2012
Maliciously persecuting the Grootendorsts. How much did that cost us? - 24th November 2012
Bexley council. More bad publicity - 3rd November 2012
Rita Grootendorst and Bexley council’s unsuccessful prosecution - 31st October 2012
Retribution and humiliation - 27th October 2012. Rita beats Bexley council in court
In Court again - 1st October 2012
Waring down Rita - 9th September 2012
John Waring. Not environmental health, just a mental elf - 28th August 2012
Rita Grootendorst’s wildlife garden - 21st August 2012
The saga continues. More money wasted - 3rd July 2012
Beware of Bexley council and rogue traders - 20th June 2012
Hedge. Funds - 18th June 2012
Weekend roundup - 17th June 2012
Concede a battle to win the war - 14th June 2012
Our house. Madness! - Blog 5th June 2012
Bexley council. Wicked through and through - 30th May 2012
Rita goes upmarket - Blog 24th May 2012
One ludicrous” garden. One ludicrous council - 23rd May 2012
Town hall tyrants - Blog 22nd May 2012
The mental torture continues - 4th May 2012
It may not be pretty but does that make it criminal? - 24th April 2012
Award winning wild life garden. Owner to be prosecuted by Bexley council - 19th April 2012
Arrested - 6th April 2012
Bexley council. Vindictive, spiteful, criminal - 3rd April 2012
And they say it’s not personal - 30th March 2012
The victimisation goes on - 28th March 2012
Wild or derelict? - Royal Horticultural Society verdict on Mrs. Grootendorst’s garden. 7th January 2012
The council’s best intentions? Sounds ominous - 15th October 2011
Bexley council pulling the strings - 6th October 2011
Collusion - 2nd October 2011
Gardeners’ World - 23rd September 2011
Don’t dare to be different, Bexley council might sue you - 22nd September 2011