I would agree that the gardens have been changed alot in recent years but I'm not convinced they have always been improved.

Certainly the animal pen and the bandstand needed work but some of the plans appear to be change for changes sake. Is a large fountain in the sunken garden really necessary?

I also question the logic behind building an 'education centre'.Where does this fit in to a young persons education? In between school and college perhaps or maybe just at weekends.

The phased development has been mentioned and I think that was how this work was originally explained to local residents.

The gardens definately need some work. The removal of most the shrubs from the beds earlier this year was reported to be part of the development plans but again this is an area not covered by the re-development so the thinking behind that seems odd.[/i]

Kids in urban areas need good green spaces not ever decreasing ones, the direction of the horniman gardens is a concern to those of us locals with youngsters.