Botanic garden comes under review
19 April 2010
The National Botanic Garden of Wales is facing an independent funding review after a predicted drop in visitor numbers forced it to ask the Welsh Assembly for extra money.
Minister for Heritage Alun Ffred Jones asked for the assessment after the Assembly agreed to provide the Botanic Garden with another £250,000 to cover what it described as 'projected cash-flow difficulties during 2010'. The review will look into the Garden's current finances, its future financial prospects and its governance arrangements. It is expected to be completed this summer.
The director of the gardens, Rosetta Plummer, welcomed the review, saying it had been agreed as part of an earlier financial arrangement in 2008.
'The Garden welcomes the opportunity to demonstrate the significant steps forward it has taken, and is taking,' she said.
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