You can put your pens down folks! The Government has announced that it will NOT be building the new hospital on the Botanical Gardens.

Below is a (new) draft letter to Premier Ewart Brown that you may copy and paste. It is best if you modify it with your own thoughts but if you don't have the time you can simply add your details at the bottom and send it off.

Dear Premier,

I support the need for a new Acute Care Hospital in Bermuda. However, I object to any development whatsoever in the Botanical Gardens. They are a Bermudian national icon in addition to being a beautiful, protected national park, a major tourist attraction and a superb educational and scientific resource. All parks are incredibly valuable to society but the Botanical Gardens are extra special and are widely used by the entire community. We cannot afford to lose them!

I am aware that there will be difficulties rebuilding on the existing hospital site but these issues will be short term whereas the effects of destroying the heart of the Botanical Gardens will be permanent.

Please preserve the Botanical Gardens intact for future generations.

Yours Sincerely
Name
Parish/ Town
Country

Click on the link below to find contact information for all the relevant people (including the new Ministers) that your letter should be addressed and copied to.

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Posted by Botanical Guardian at 09:25 AM | Permalink | Comments (8)

Once you have signed the petition, written to the Premier and joined the Virtual March - there are other ways you can continue to help save the Botanical Gardens!

E.mail your friends and tell them about this campaign.

Add a link to this website and/or to the petition in your e.mail signature.

Find us on MySpace and be our friend!

Put a web banner on your own webiste or blog by copying and pasting the code in the box below.

<a href="http://www.savethegardens.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.bermedia.com/images/banner.jpg" width="150" height="100" border="0"></a>

That will look like this...

Thanks to Jonathan Young from Bermedia for this AND for making the top banner for this website!

Posted by Botanical Guardian at 06:12 PM | Permalink

I know there's lots of people out there who want to save the Botanical Gardens but I can't take photos of everyone myself. Please join the Virtual March by sending in your own pic!

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Thanks to Scentia Jones from Bermuda College for sending in her photo

I'm thrilled to have over 1300 unique visits to the main page of this blog in just one week but if we are going to save the Botanical Gardens we need more people to show the Government of Bermuda what they want. Please send your picture to me at with your name and why you want to save the gardens.

If you're not taking part in the Botanical Guardian's "Virtual March" or showing the Government how you feel some other way then they will think that you don't care.

By joining the virtual march you are simply saying you don't want the new hospital built in the Botanical Gardens. You are not saying you don't want a new hospital. We need more people marching and we don't have much time!

Posted by Botanical Guardian at 12:55 PM | Permalink

Philip Cook

If you are passionate about saving Bermuda's Botanical Gardens you can help by encouraging everyone you know to join the Virtual March on this website. First take your own picture holding up your sign (saying "save the gardens or something similar) and show it to your friends and then ask to take a picture of them. Send all the pics to and if possible include names. It doesn't take long and you can even use the camera on your phone if you have one.

You should also send your photo, along with your opinion in an e.mail to the Premier!

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Posted by Botanical Guardian at 04:46 PM | Permalink

The following pictures were taken after Thursday's BHB meeting at the Bermuda College. If you would like to join the Virtual March please get your picture taken with your own sign and to me with the picture attached and a few words about what the Botanical Gardens means to you - I'll post it here!

Alternatively you can join the Flickr group Botanical Guardians - Virtual March and the pictures you submit will be instantly added to the Flickr badge on this web page. Why not make a sign and take pictures of your friends and family holding it?

I would especially like to encourage Bermudians living overseas to take part in this since they wont be able to attend any of the public events soon to be held.

Big thanks to those who took part in this spontaneous virtual march!

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