Garden Organic’s Letter of 6 March 2008
“…Over the past few months, Garden Organic has been ccnsidering how best to achieve its aim of getting as many people as possible to grow organically. Our demonstration gardens do inspire and educate as intended, but it has become evident that they an expensive resource and not necessarily ideal to achieve our aims. We need to target our income effectively and it is for that reason that, with regret, we have decided that we can no longer underwrite the operations at Garden Organic Yalding. These gardens will, therefore, not be opening for this summer and we are working with the owners of the land, the Congelow Trust, to determine what happens next.
I am writing to you in person, because you have in the past supported Garden Organic specifically at Yalding. Your support made a difference and helped inspire thousands of people who have visited the gardens over the years. Closing our operations at Yalding now will help us achieve the financial security to move forward with confidence and develop further our work with children, work in conserving the Heritage Seed Library’s precious seeds, work in developing countries and work in helping gardeners all over the country reduce their carbon footprint.
We very much appreciate your support in the past and hope you will continue to support Garden Organic. This has been a difficult and emotional decision but it means that Garden Organic can ensure it continues to maximise resources and reach as wide an audience as possible with the organic growing message.
I hope that we canlely on your continued support during this difficult period and in the future…”
