"Local residents have repeatedly proposed a range of potential alternative uses for the site which could boost the social and economic wellbeing of the area, maintain easy public access and protect the ancient woodland at Drumkinnon, but site owner Scottish Enterprise has so far been unwilling to deal with anyone other than the Yorkshire theme park operator.
The volume of responses over the weekend shows just how strongly people feel about protecting our national parks and in particular the world-famous natural landscape of Loch Lomond at one of its most accessible locations. Mr Greer, MSP for West Scotland, said: "I am grateful to everyone who has backed the community campaign to save Loch Lomond from Flamingo Land's second attempt at a destructive 'resort' development. The total number of submissions against the development was sitting at more than 22,000 as of Monday. Some 10,000 objections were recorded within the first 24 hours of the campaign, which launched on Friday.
From small headed “sweetheart” traditional varieties in 1989, we have moved the dial in all aspects of rose growing larger more vibrant varieties improved farming practice and water management greater environmental control leading best in class growing system that gives our customers the confidence in our products. Over the years the numbers have risen from our modest beginning to now exporting over 430 million stems from Kenya, the drive and enthusiasm to develop our rose business has continued at pace.
To this day the investment that got our rose production to industry leading standards continues to drive our continual product innovation and process improvement. A handful of pioneering Horticulture companies took a huge leap of faith to invest in greenhouse technology that was both world leading and in many ways brand new to Africa.įinding an area that was geographically suitable, climatically beneficial and rich in natural and sustainable resources was literally only the starting point. Our rose journey began on the shores of Lake Naivasha in 1989.