At least the strapline has gone

In another report from the Richmond & Twickenham Times, it appears that the awful 'Plants, People, Possibilities' strapline has been abolished, to be replaced by 'Royal Botanical Gardens'!

The cost of the change was apparently £800. Far too much, if it was just to come up with the blindingly obvious solution, but presumably far too little to pay for all the changes to the stationary, banners, Explorer, and other branding. What's been the true cost, I wonder?

U-turn on night time events?

It looks as if the 'we hear you' message from Stephen Hopper at the meeting for Friends on 15th March was just a palliative. Despite the cascades of objections received about the scheme (I was sent a 278 page document that contained them), the Richmond and Twickenham Times report that they're going ahead with doubling the number of night-time events.

The report has a photo of Kew residents standing outside the gardens holding placards : WORLD HERITAGE SITE? OR THEME PARK? I couldn't agree more.