There are 650 new gardens including The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) herb physic garden, a flower arrangers' garden in Durham and four historic house hotels which originally opened for the NGS in the early 1930s.
The center features a number of cutting-edge technologies including 40 state-of-the-art computers and two MERL Diamond-touch tables, which allow the user to interact with PC-based simulations using a touch screen.
Merl Foga, aged 34, who lives in a flat above the Blandford Road shops said: "We constantly have yobs defecating on our stairs and youths hanging around until 4am causing a nuisance."
Developed by Paul Dietz and a team at the Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the iGlassware system signals staff when you're ready for a refill.
Merl the demon (Mathew James) has always been a good ally of Angel's - he wouldn't hurt a fly and has provided useful information on countless occasions.