“The garden looked to be the expendable thing,” said Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies (Institute of Ecosystem Studies) President William Schlesinger.
After having been originally told that they would have their jobs until the end of June in 2008, the entire horticultural staff of Gifford Garden, was told on the Friday before New Year’s Eve to clear out by that Monday.
Does President William Schlesinger’s action make it clear that he has no regard for the plant or human resources of Gifford Garden?
Joan Lee Faust, former garden editor of The New York Times is appalled.
In a comment she writes, “don’t the powers that be realize there are some facets to our our humanity that should be nurtured?”
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