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Howard, why is gardening something that only offenders should do?
The kind of work that Western Heights needs on a continuous basis is full time, or, if part-time, then with double the number of employed people.
To do weed cutting, root removal, branch-sawing and grass raking, all by hand, or with elementary machinery such as a lawn mower or strimmer, you need passion.
I'm quite versed in all this, having done it as part of my work complimentary to painting and decorating,
It's hard, enjoyable only if you like doing it, and not something you can force people to do unless in a sentence-with-hard-labour scheme, which we don't have in Britain.
If all these noble jobs should be done as community service, then we might as well all do community service, and all get the same wage!
Of-course tax would be needed to pay workers on areas like W.H., Paul, but surely that means creating more employment, paying less benefits, and allowing people who do this work to have more money to spend in the economy.
I've just done a week's gardening, and feel so much fitter for it. But I can't afford to work for nothing. For which reason I wouldn't advocate that other people should work for nothing.