Mottistone Gardeners sacked without warning !

Interesting. Let's see what develops. Do you already have a clue?

Where will they find replacements on the IoW?

I suspect it is some Woke idea of the NT.

One of the team posted on Facebook that they had expressed concerns about the new Head Gardener’s ideas. She wanted to move away from bedding plants and borders not rewinding.

Some of the volunteers decided to leave, others sad they thought that visitors came to expressly for the gardens and wouldn’t visit. The Trust took exception to volunteers expressing independent views.

The Trust is moving from having volunteers in many places.

not rewinding should read to rewilding

Fair enough then - face book is not the place for that kind of debate, and volunteers should have known better.

Could be due to Insurance policy. We have local 'litter pickers' that remove litter around our area i.e. railway station, council offices etc., they have now been told to cease doing this because they are NOT covered on the council insurance policy but can carry on if they have their OWN insurance, what a cheek from the council. Grrr

lixy

Fair enough then - face book is not the place for that kind of debate, and volunteers should have known better.

I didn’t make it clear. The volunteer posted on Facebook after they had all been dismissed, not before.

He was speculating that this was the problem as the Trust has refused several times to tell the volunteers what their unacceptable behaviour was.

Just that their views don’t align with those of the Trust.

Is it Mottisfont or Mottistone?

It’s the NT’s loss then isn’t it? People give their own time and efforts to it.

This news came as no surprise. The National Trust now seems to feel it has a monopoly on how history amd the past = and the present should be presented to the country. No room for alternative opinions, never a shred of doubt that the NT is the one and only Truth and nothing but the Truth and those who deviate must be cast into the wilderness.

They have dumbed down their properties because we plebs cannot be expected to have any deep knowledge, understanding and interest in history. The NT so heavily brand their properties that, like M&S, it doesn't matter what the building is, the brand is identical everywhere and the building barely comes into it..

We have joined the HHA. Individual houses, still run by the owners and each of them individual, some nice, some boring, but always different and on each visit there is the excitement of not knowing quite what you are going to get when you get there..

I’m very much enjoying my HHA membership. Real homes and real people - both with all their individual quirks😃

What does HHA stand for? Am guessing historic houses?

Oreo

Is it Mottisfont or Mottistone?

It’s Mottistone on the Isle of Wight, Oreo.
Mottisfont is across the Solent in Hampshire.

Oreo

What does HHA stand for? Am guessing historic houses?

Historic Houses Association

Thanks I will look them up. We had NT passes a long time ago but worth looking at other outfits.

merlotgran

Oreo

Is it Mottisfont or Mottistone?

It’s Mottistone on the Isle of Wight, Oreo.
Mottisfont is across the Solent in Hampshire.

Thanks.
Couldn’t remember where Mottisfont was, we went there some years ago and were disappointed by the famed rose garden, weedy and not many roses even though it was late June.
Cafe in the dingy chilly depths and stale scones.☹️

Reading about it I suspect that some planned changes were queried by the volunteers ...resulting in unbelievably poor management of the team and management of potential change by the new "interim.manager"! Change may well be needed but to dobit effectively leaders need to bring the team with them! Oh dear!

Oreo
Couldn’t remember where Mottisfont was, we went there some years ago and were disappointed by the famed rose garden, weedy and not many roses even though it was late

It will be even more weedy now won’t it!
People will stop volunteering if the NT carries
on like this. I don’t believe this is the first time this has happened. Some volunteers somewhere refused to display their pronouns!

Talking of pronouns. A respected schoolteacher who refused to call pupils by their pronouns has lost his job and I believe has been sent to prison! It is a total disgrace.

Lathyrus3

lixy

Fair enough then - face book is not the place for that kind of debate, and volunteers should have known better.

I didn’t make it clear. The volunteer posted on Facebook after they had all been dismissed, not before.

He was speculating that this was the problem as the Trust has refused several times to tell the volunteers what their unacceptable behaviour was.

Thanks for the clarification.

NanKate

Talking of pronouns. A respected schoolteacher who refused to call pupils by their pronouns has lost his job and I believe has been sent to prison! It is a total disgrace.

Sent to prison? What was he charged with?

I vowed never to go to a NT property again after we were treated.very badly by a volunteer, probably racist as DH isn't white and the couples getting better treatment were all white. Good for the NT if they are going for a more professional standard