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Old 05-10-2003, 07:32 PM
David Hill
 
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Default National Botanic Garden of Wales

".........This is apparently one of the criticisms levelled at the
management. I new of it's existence because of the BBC Gardener of the Year
a couple of years ago, held in the then-bare glasshouse. But apart from that
they haven't said an awful lot. .........."

They did a lot to publicise it, but the Press found the development of
redundant china clay pits with the largest greenhouse I the world far more
news worthy than the rescue and renovation of an old garden.
If it hadn't been yet another Millennium project, and there was that thing
in London that was taking a lot of media space at the time........and that
****** Dome cost a hell of a lot more and only lasted a year, and had a lot
of handouts just to get it through that year.

How is anyone supposed to find it when The capitol of Wales isn't signposted
till you are almost into Wales.
Come out of London on the M4 and you soon see Newport listed for mileage,
but it is a long time before Cardiff is listed. Probably because
"Westminster" doesn't want people to discover the delights of Wales.
We're a well kept secrete.

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David Hill
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