Comments on: 250 Congratulations to Kew Gardens

By: Tom Turner

Tom Turner — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:13:52 +0000

Thank you! I thought of that at lunch time today and will make the correction. I think I must be older than you, because I remember having pennies in my pocket to put in the old machines.

On the other point, I think it can be done and will be done if they take Gross Max’s advice. The problem is that the gardens have always been run by horticulturalists/scientists and they have not known what spatial design is, let alone how to do it. But to their credit the present management have recognized that ‘something must be done’. I did not put Kew on my list of the world’s top ten gardens but I think it conceivable that they could get there. http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/2009/03/04/the-worlds-top-ten-gardens/

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:01:19 +0000

I wonder whether Kew can ever be made cohesive in the way you suggest. But more to the point, I’m old enough to remember visiting when the price was still one penny, but the currency had already changed, and the Gate Porter had to lend people on old penny to put in the turnstile. So, to correct your maths just a bit, the price has gone up not 1300% but 3120% — there were 240 pennies to a pound, back then.

By: Christine

Christine — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:54:12 +0000

ps. view the gallery in slideshow mode.

By: Christine

Christine — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:39:30 +0000

Somebody at the University of Edinburgh in the landscape section really loves plants! [http://www.estates.ed.ac.uk/works/landscape/Photo%20Galleries/Plants08/plantgall.html]