A paradox afflicts today's heritage and botanic gardens. Hugely popular with visitors from both home and abroad, and pressing all the right buttons with regard to education, conservation and the environment, they struggle to attract skilled staff andare all too often taken for granted by both the Government and the public. Britain's historic gardens and estates are arguably unrivalled anywhere in the world, attracting more than 27 million visitors annually, including 20 per cent of all foreign tourist visits. Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) has 38 botanic garden members in the UK - a density thought to be unmatched in any other country. "The Government needs to be reminded of how indebted it is to the heritage and botanic sector," says Royal Botanic Gardens (RBG) Kew curator Nigel Taylor. "These gardens are a big part of UK tourism, bringing hundreds of millions of pounds into the economy, but are taken for granted."
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机译：悖论困扰着今天的遗产和植物园。他们受到国内外游客的极大欢迎，并在教育，保护和环境方面按下了所有正确的按钮，他们努力吸引熟练的工作人员，而且常常被政府和公众视为理所当然。可以说，英国的历史悠久的花园和庄园在世界任何地方都是无与伦比的，每年吸引超过2700万游客，其中包括所有外国游客的20％。国际植物园保护组织（BGCI）在英国拥有38个植物园会员-这种密度被认为是其他任何国家都无法比拟的。皇家植物园（Korean Royal Botanic Gardens）邱园馆长奈杰尔·泰勒（Nigel Taylor）说：“需要提醒政府，遗产和植物部门的债台高筑。” “这些花园是英国旅游业的重要组成部分，为经济带来了数亿英镑的收入，但是这是理所当然的。”
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