It's bad enough that allotments given to East End families by one of Winston Churchill's friends are being bulldozed to make a path through London's Olympic village. Now the Olympic Behemoth is bearing down on Royal Greenwich Park.

This is cultural vandalism. Allotments are a vibrant part of our culture, as English as roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, although rather healthier. Manor Garden allotments were destroyed in favour of the 2012 Olympics, despite being a philanthropic gift supporting 150 families - and could easily have supplied food to the Olympic site.

So much for the Olympics' green credentials. Greenwich Park is next on the Olympic hit list. The Grade I listed, Charles II landscape is a Unesco World Heritage Site with archaeology from Roman and Tudor times. Henry VIII frolicked here and it is where both Elizabeth I and Mary were born. This historic park has been picked for a three-day equestrian event despite being far too small.

Greenwich's 183 acres is supposed to accommodate the type of event held at Badminton, for instance, where the trials take up 1,500 acres. The Olympic equestrian course has been shortened but that doesn't alter the number of people it will attract (250,000 throng to Badminton).

Royal Parks say they are working closely with Locog (London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games) to avoid “impact” on historic trees. Never mind impact, The Garden History Society says historic trees will have to be removed. Locog say it's too early to know. Either way the park is in for a hammering. And it won't be compensated, either: those who run events held in royal parks usually have to contribute to upkeep. The Olympics have got away with that one, too.

One of the ironies is that the annual Badminton horse trials began after the 1948 London Games in order to train riders for future Olympics, making Badminton an ideal venue for the 2012 event. But Locog says Badminton is out of the question because the games have to be “compact”. Which is, presumably, why Olympic football events are happening in places such as Manchester and Cardiff.

And then there is the Olympic pledge to “bring sport to the city”. I wonder if Greenwich residents are rushing out to buy a decent nag - at around £250,000 - plus horse box (another £250,000) before putting something aside for vet fees, feed...

If we're talking about city sport, I challenge Locog to come up with a better, greener, more inclusive endurance sport than gardening. If the International Olympic Committee can recognise ballroom dancing, why not allotment gardening?

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