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AS COU4TY ROAD 51 CONTINUES THROUGH THE REt1A1tvDER OF THE SITE, THE SANCTUARY RELATED PLANTINGS OF TREES, SHRUBS, ETC. WILL BE UTILIZED Cr; THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD AS A BACK -DROP AND BUFFER TO THE GARDEN. THIS WILL FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE C014TINUITY OF THE TOTAL SITE AND PLACE A GREATER EMPHASIS AND IMPORTANCE TO THE ENTRY WITH THE GARDEN RELATED PLANTINGS. SANCTUARY CONCEPT THE SANCTUARY WILL BE MAINTAINED IN ITS APPROXIMATE NATURAL STATE AS A WILDLIFE -OBSERVATION AREA. PEDESTRIAN TRAILS, DECKS, BLINDS, BOARDWALKS, ETC. WILL BE PROVIDED TO ALLOW PUBLIC VIEWING OPPORTUNITIES. THESE FEATURES WILL BE LOCATED TO EMPHASIZE THE DIVERSITY OF PLANT COM1/04ITIES AND HABITATS THAT EXIST WITHIN THE SITE. ENHANCEMENT OF THE VISUAL CHARACTER OF THE SA14CTLIARY WILL BE ACHIEVED BY PLANTING SHRUBS AND WILDFLOWERS ALCNG THE TRAIL NETWORK. THIS WILL COMPLEMENT THE DISPLAY FEATURES OF THE GARDEN TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO UTILIZE THE TOTAL SITE. GARDEN CONCEPT THE GARDEN WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR GENERAL DISPLAY PURPOSES WITH A VARIETY OF PLANTINGS AND DISPLAY FEATURES. TO ACHIEVE VARIETY, A CENTRAL GARDEN AREA WILL SET IN A MATRIX OF GARDEN RELATED TREES AND SHRUBS. A PATHWAY SYSTEM CONTAINING SMALLER GARDEN NODES WILL BE LOCATED WITHIN THE TREE - SHRUB MATRIX. THIS CONCEPT PROVIDES UNE GARDEN NESTLED WITHIN ANOTHER. THE CAPABILITIES OF THE SITE ARE THEREBY EXPANDED TO PROVIDE DIFFERENT GARDEN EXPERIENCES. THE CENTRAL GARDEN AREA WILL BE INTENSIVELY DEVELOPED WITH FLORAL DISPLAYS. PREDOMINANT PLANT MATERIALS WILL BE ANNUALS, PERENNIALS, BULBS AND GROUND COVERS. IN THIS AREA THERE WILL BE EMPHASIS ON GARDEN ACCENT FEATURES SUCH AS ARBORS, WATER, WALLS, TERRACES, DECKS, SCULPTURE, ETC. SPECIFIC FEATURES WITHIN THE CENTRAL GARDEN AREA ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1. VISITOR FACILITY BUI .DING THIS BUILDING WILL BE LOCATED AT THE ENTRY TO THE GARDEtl AND WILE_ BE DISCUSSED IN GREATER DETAIL UNDER SUPPORT FACILITIES. 2. PR I tARY FLORAL DISPLAY AREA THIS AREA WILL CONTAIN THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF FLORAL DISPLAYS AND IS IN THE SAME LOCATION AS THE EXISTING FLOWER GARDEN. IT WILL CONSIST OF TF:REE SECTIONS, EACH HAVING A DIFFERENT DISPLAY CHARACTER, SURROUNDING A CENTRAL TURF GRASS AREA. 3. GRAPE ARBOR APJ EXISTING GRAPE ARBOR, WILL BE RENOVATED MID UTILIZED IN THE GARDEN. 4. MEN!OP, IAL ARBOR ON Tif SITE OF THE FORMER, RESIDENCE WILL BE A MEMORIAL ARBOR WITH A TERRACE SURRt3UPJDlt.'G IT. THIS ARBOR IS REQUIRED TO MEET ONE OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE WILL.