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[Mith242]

Looks like the botanical garden will be slowly start the beginnings of the next phase.  Sometime this summer the botanical garden should have a butterfly house adjoining gazebo and meeting space completed.  There will also be a 5,000 sq ft demonstration garden as well.  The butterfly garden would be an enclosed area that would have over 20 local species.  Attendance in 2010 was about 200 shy of 30,000.

[thewizard16]

Mith242, on 05 April 2011 - 03:18 PM, said:

Looks like the botanical garden will be slowly start the beginnings of the next phase.  Sometime this summer the botanical garden should have a butterfly house adjoining gazebo and meeting space completed.  There will also be a 5,000 sq ft demonstration garden as well.  The butterfly garden would be an enclosed area that would have over 20 local species.  Attendance in 2010 was about 200 shy of 30,000.

That's exciting. I really like the BGO and miss being able to go visit it. That's one thing that's missing in Little Rock that I wish we had- a conventional botanical gardens. I know Wildwood park fills that role somewhat, but it'd be nice to have something more significant closer to downtown and the other cultural draws of the area.

[zman9810]

Mith242, on 05 April 2011 - 03:18 PM, said:

Looks like the botanical garden will be slowly start the beginnings of the next phase.  Sometime this summer the botanical garden should have a butterfly house adjoining gazebo and meeting space completed.  There will also be a 5,000 sq ft demonstration garden as well.  The butterfly garden would be an enclosed area that would have over 20 local species.  Attendance in 2010 was about 200 shy of 30,000.

I remember it wasn't long ago they were having funding problems- wonder how they resolved them?

[comreguy]

zman9810, on 05 April 2011 - 09:15 PM, said:

I remember it wasn't long ago they were having funding problems- wonder how they resolved them?

By getting more funds

[Mith242]

I'm not sure about the funding problems they had experienced.  There was an increase in attendance last year.  I suppose that might have helped raise funds.  What exists at the botanical garden now is just a small part of what's eventually planned.  But it's going to take years, probably decades before it's ever completed.  I think they are just slowly plotting along trying to get some small phase done every so many years.