"..........I'm so surprised that they don't already get some funding.
.........."

They have had a lot of funding including an additional 1/4 of a Million
pounds from the Welsh assembly, and now a further 1/4 million Half from the
local council and the other half from The Welsh assembly again.
This is on top of all the grants (Lottery etc) to get them set up in the
first instance.
News Release from the gardens
http://www.gardenofwales.org.uk/

There are many good gardens to visit in this part of Wales and details of
most of them can be had from the Welsh Tourist Board.not from their web
site)
Carmarthen council web site at
http://www.tourlink.co.uk/indexframenoflash.cfm

Swansea
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southwest.../gardens.shtml

and there a lot more.
--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk