these neighbouring gardens and then to another sitea football field which is out of use on which it is proposed to reconstitute the gardens says viennetheryif the idea works for the planners at the town hall it is less popular with the gardeners who have in some cases spent many years nurturing their existing plotsthe soil says viviane griveaugenest i am not going to be able to take it with me to a new plot and i cant put all the earthworms into my pockets i do not have an earthwormmoving truckthe emotional arguments however are likely to fall on deaf earstoo late says karine franclet the udi centreright mayor of aubervilliers who believes stopping the project would cost 47 million euros in penalties while modifying would cause unwelcome delayswe are already very tight on the schedule she saysolympic organisers have also told afp that if the work is done we will be delighted to use it but added they would only be one of the users of this public amenityfranclet says it is an essential development which will allow aubervilliers to be part of the olympic adventureit will also take on an educational role in a department where one child by the age of 11 or 12in september the swimming events proper were removed from the neighbouring sociallydeprived area of saintdenis and relocated to the financial district of la defenseto build the aquatic centre which is slated to cost 336 million euros 404 million the town which is the contracting authority will benefit from certain subsidies including around 10 million euros from solideo the company charged with delivering the olympic structuresseveral defenders of the gardens formulated an appeal to save them on december 16we must arrive at a position of compromise but not waste time says mathieu hanotin who heads an intercommunity committeefor the gardeners who will face estanguet on wednesday time is the one thing they do not haveit is an aberration which is against the grain of history because we need trees we need nature says gerard mullerlisten we can hear the birds its beautiful