Respected gardening organisations and you.

I'm sorry you feel disappointed. I only occasionally write to the organisations that I belong to but have never failed to get a reply. I, even less frequently, send something for publication and they generally include them but if they don't they always acknowledge anyway.

We used to be members of the RHS but left them when they started charging members entry to the Chelsea Flower Show. We went every year on Members' Day and it wasn't too crowded. Once they stopped it it became horrendously crowded and that's when we left. It's obviously a big fundraiser for them so they made that decision to increase income.