Agenda item

A Member queried whether the City’s Open Spaces could produce its own charcoal to be sold to the public, similar to that sold by Kew Gardens.  The Superintendent of Hampstead Heath responded to say that making charcoal at Hampstead Health, Highgate Wood or Queens Park was impractical because the process of making charcoal was a labour intensive manual operation and produced a large amount of thick smoke.  The Superintendent also informed the Committee that the production of charcoal would not be on a large enough scale to be cost effective.