http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Botanics’ woooden benches face the axe" en Fri, 22 May 2026 01:16:15 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8875#post-99573 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:10:49 +0000 chdot 99573@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> BOSSES at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) have axed controversial plans to replace rotting wooden memorial benches with plastic alternatives after the proposal was criticised by visitors.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/latest-news/edinburgh-botanic-garden-benches-must-be-wooden-1-2781099" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/latest-news/edinburgh-botanic-garden-benches-must-be-wooden-1-2781099</a></p> <p>So a bit of criticism works at Botanics. </p> <p>Changing Government policy is just harder... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8875#post-90462 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:20:20 +0000 Kim 90462@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It is a cost cutting measure, RBGE is desperately short of money... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8875#post-90459 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:11:42 +0000 SRD 90459@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm generally sympathetic to having natural wood for benches, especially in a setting like this, but as K'nik says it can be hard to tell. My folks got some moulded <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adirondack_chair">'adirondack' chairs </a>. I was skeptical, until I sat in them. They turned out to be much more comfortable than any wooden ones, and easy to move around. Sometimes heretical ideas turn out good. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8875#post-90456 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:06:31 +0000 kaputnik 90456@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>But the move has been branded “lamentable” by one of the Capital’s best-known arts figures, Richard Demarco, who said: “You cannot have ersatz furniture in a garden full of marvellous wooden trees.”</em></p> <p>What next? They'll stop serving hot dogs at the zoo? Won't somebody think of the children!</p> <p>Some of the plastic stuff is so good, you struggle to work out if it's wood or not. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8875#post-90420 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:18:40 +0000 chdot 90420@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Mmm - Botanics, plastic...</p> <p>Money. </p> <p><a href="http://m.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/latest-news/botanics-woooden-benches-face-the-axe-1-2624874" rel="nofollow">http://m.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/latest-news/botanics-woooden-benches-face-the-axe-1-2624874</a> </p>