I agree. If it was a larger area then maybe another building wouldn't intrude too much. But the gardens aren't *that* big and any bit of green space is precious. And personally yes, I'd rather see flowers in a garden than a water feature that replaces many of them. Perhaps I'm old fashioned but a garden for me represents a harmonious combination of nature and horticulture. I liked the sunken garden and thought the borders were stunning as well as the central beds. It was a beautiful, colourful place to read a book or just sit and think.

As mentioned earlier there already seemed to be adequate space in the main building for evening and weekend courses and plenty of thought put into family activities in the galleries downstairs, so I don't think another building is justified in gardens of this size.