On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 23:15:25 -0000, "David Hill"
wrote:

The last funding, wit almost all staff sacked and around 200 volunteers
looking after the grounds will only keep the place afloat till just before
Xmas.
Several botanic gardens are funded from the public purse,and most of these
have No admission charge.
The funding would come from the Welsh Assembly, not from Westminster, and
there are not many in Wales who would see a payment of several Millions of
pounds a year for a garden that is still charging a hefty admission fee to
be a good way of spending a limited budget.
There is no way that Carmarthen council will fund the gardens when they
wouldn't even put up the £30,000 needed to keep Llanelli flower show
going( and this was one of the best shows in Wales).
Sorry, but unless outside money can be found then it's curtains for
Middleton as it now is.

In the last few days I saw a brief item in the Daily telegraph saying
that some sort of deal has been done to get Tim Smit to help a plan
together. sorry, I don't have a reference to it.

Regards, VivienB