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This week’s column, Mr Editor, is for those who have been wondering — questions readers have asked, and sorry to have kept you all waiting. Wonder No 1: No, I am not advocating that we let bygones be bygones when it comes to past overspends and ques...

Bermuda National Parks Act 1986: “The protected areas are to be managed in a manner that protects, maintains, and enhances the natural and historic values of the protected areas for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations” The develop...

Dear Sir, I read J Appleseed’s recent letter in The Royal Gazette about the plans for the Botanical Gardens project and how he thought they were acceptable. Well, I’m sorry, they are simply not. I grew up not far from there and spent my childhood pla...

Dear Sir, Call me a grumpy old citizen if you want, but I’m not buying this opposition to the rebuilding of the Botanical Gardens maintenance yard. If you go back and look at media coverage of the issue when it started at the beginning of 2013, yo...

An action group that is trying to stop the Bermuda Government from going ahead with a maintenance yard in the middle of the Botanical Gardens, has expressed safety concerns over a water tower at the site. “Sections of the roof of the water tower wer...

More than 1,000 people have signed a petition asking the Bermuda Government to halt work on a maintenance yard in the Botanical Gardens. Action group Take Back Our Park launched the appeal almost five weeks ago to try to stop the work, which will inv...

A 48-year-old man severely injured at the Botanical Gardens after being “rolled over” by a construction vehicle yesterday is in a critical condition at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. The victim was said to be in “excruciating pain” after the inci...

In response to protesters objecting to an “industrial” maintenance hub in the Botanical Gardens in Paget, Public Works cited the property’s lengthy history of heavy-duty use. Last night’s statement was issued after the formation of an action group, T...

An ongoing protest over plans to build a major hub for Parks in the midst of the Botanical Gardens has intensified. A new action group is calling on Government to cut its losses and halt work on the maintenance yard, which opponents have likened to a...

The Botanical Gardens and Arboretum have been reopened after extensive clear-up of hurricane damage. Shelly Bay Park and playground, Parsons Road Park and playground, Warwick Long Bay playground, Astwood Park, Elbow Beach and the South Shore beaches ...

A garden honouring the “Double Fantasy” flower that inspired John Lennon’s final album has been awarded a bronze medal at the Chelsea Flower Show in London. The Bermuda Double Fantasy Garden was created by floral artist and architect Nicky Gurret, in...