Botanical garden
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Monticello is home to the area's only botanical garden[1].
History
According Lily Fox-Bruguiere, a graduate student at the University of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson originally planned a botanical garden at UVa and got as far as appointing someone to oversee the plans before he died[2].
According to Sallie Brown, in the 1930s, there was a bird and wildflower garden in McIntire Park, built as a Work Progress Administration project[3].
McIntire Park proposals
Two groups, McIntire Botanical Garden and Charlottesville Botanical Garden, each had separate proposals for the creation of a new botanic garden in the east end of McIntire Park, precipitated by the construction of McIntire Road Extended through the park[citation needed]. The city eventually signed a memorandum of understanding with the MBG group. [4]
The Coalition to Preserve McIntire Park believed the gardens should be created on the site of the Rock Hill Gardens[5].
References
- ↑ Web. Virginia Garden Websites, GardenSites.com, Minneapolis, MN, 2009, retrieved May 8 2011.
- ↑ Web. Charlottesville-Right Now: Lily Fox-Bruguiere, Charlottesville Podcasting Network, Charlottesville Tomorrow, 24 June 2009, retrieved May 8 2011.
- ↑ Web. Idea blooms for McIntire botanical garden, Rosen, Seth, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, 22 June 2008, retrieved 22 June 2009.
- ↑ Web. Memorandum of Agreement between McIntire Botanical Garden and City of Charlottesville, McIntire Botanical Garden an the City of Charlottesville, September 29, 2015, retrieved October 13, 2015.
- ↑ Web. Clean Up Effort Continues at Charlottesville's Rock Hill Gardens, Liz Palka, newsplex.com, Gray Media, May 30, 2010