RE: excited

that's a good idea, theresa. know, however, that the re-vamp of the botanical garden is likely to be a 20-year project.

when i described the size of the project earlier, i was so excited i was less than precise. the current botanic garden occupies one long block on a dead end street that runs parallel to sarasota bay. on one side of the property is the bay; on the other side is palm street--one of the first paved streets in sarasota [paved with dated clay brick, incidentally--each brick is embossed with the name of the maker and the year it was made. most were made in the 19th century].

the new acquisition is the block inland across palm street--and around the dead end of palm street. it's about a dozen residences on fairly large properties. [the garden has owned some of the properties fronting on the next street east for some time; the garden's library, for example, has been in that plat for a long time].

the upshot is that the garden must now have about 40 acres on the bay in mid-town sarasota. the down side is that a street of wonderful old clay brick runs through the middle of it and there are a few sacred cows, like marie sleby's house, that have to be accommodated in the re-drawing and re-construction.

but you're right. it's going to be a wonderful project. and i'll do my best to photograph and post it's progress.




At 03:54 PM 12/24/02 -0800, you wrote:
Yeah for you Jim!  You will have to take pics of the progress with that new
digital you've got and post them to your briefcase for us to follow along!

Theresa

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man, i'm excited. selby botanical garden is expanding big time [they bought
the entire block across the street] and, as a consequence, they are talking
about a major re-structuring of the property. last night, they told us [the
nursery] they want us to provide the design for the new garden and to do
the hardscape, beginning with a $118,000 renovation of the "grand lawn". in
addition, they want us to help them build an office building like ours;
they are quite taken by our atrium--with its interior landscape of
fountains, fish pond, palms [copernica alba], the antique-looking street
lamps.



jsinger@igc.org

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