Dundee Botanic Gardens faces closure threat as university considers cuts amid budget crisis
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Jane Bradley
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Dundee Botanic Gardens faces potential closure as the University of Dundee considers shutting the popular green space amid severe budget cuts. The former curator, Kevin Frediani, warns that the valuable plant collections built over decades could not be reassembled if lost. A petition to save the gardens has gathered over 700 signatures. The closure consideration comes alongside the university's announcement of 190 additional job cuts.
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· 3 pulledThe gardens opened in 1970
"once lost", the valuable collections, "built over decades" could not be "reassembled"
The former curator of Dundee Botanic Gardens has warned against the major loss of the "critical civic and academic infrastruture"
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