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AS COUNTY ROAD 51 CONTINUES THROUGH THE kEllAINVER OF THE SITE, THE SANCTUARY RELATED PLANTINGS OF TREES SHRUBS, ETC. WILL BE UTILIZED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD AS A BACKDROP AND BUFFER TC THE GARDEN. THIS WILL FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE CONTINUITY OF THE TOTAL SITE ACID PLACE A GREATER EMPHASIS AND PLANTINGS. IMPORTANCE TO THE ENTRY WITH THE GARDEN RELATED SANCTUARY CONCEPT '" THE SANCTUARY WILL BE MAINTAINED IN ITS APPROXIMATE NATURAL STATE AS A WILDLIFE —OBSERVATION AREA. PEDESTRIAN TRAILS, DECKS, BLINDS ETC. WILL BE PROVIDED TO ALLOW PUBLIC VIEWING OPPORTUNITIES. THESEWALKS, FEATURES WILL BE LOCATED TO Eh1PHASIZE THE DIVERSITY OF PLANT COMMUNITIES AND HABITATS THAT EXIST WITHIN THE SITE. ENHANCEMENT OF THE VISUAL CHARACTER OF THE SANCTUARY WILL BE ACHIEVED BY PLANTING SHRUBS AND WILDFLOWERS ^.LCING THE TRAIL NETIVORK. 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 ONE GARDEN NESTLED WITHIN ANOTHER. THE CAPABILITIES OF THE SITE ARE THEREBY EXPANDED TO PROVIDE DIFFERENT GARDEN EXPERIENCES. THE CENTRAL ;AkDEN AREA WILL BE INTENSIVELY DEVELOPED WITH FLORAL DISPLAYS. PREDOMINA;vt PLANT MATERIALS WILL BE ANNUALS PEkENNIALS, BULBS AND GROUNC) COVERS. IN THIS AREA THERE WILL BE EMPHASIS' ON GARDEN SUCH AS ARBORS, WATER, WALLS, TERRACES, DECKS, SCULPTURE, ETC. S ECIFIC FEATURES WITHIN THE CENTRAL GARDEN AREA ARE AS FOLLOWS: i. VISITOR FACILITY BUILDING THIS BUILDING WILL BE LOCATED AT THE ENTRY TO THE GARDEN AND WILL BE DISCUSSED IN GREATER DETAIL UNDER SUPPORT FACILITIES. 2. PRIMARY FLORAL DISPLAY AREA THIS AREA WILL CONTAIN THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF FLORAL DISPLAYS AND IS 1N THE SAME LOCATION AS THE EXISTING FLOWER GARDEN. 1T WILL C014SIST OF THREE SECTIONS, EACH HAVING A DIFFERENT DISPLAY CHARACTER, SURROUtdDING A CENTRAL TURF GRASS AREA. 3. GRAPE ARBOR AN EXISTING GRAPE ARBOR WILL BE RENOVATED AND UTILIZED IN THE GARDEN. 4. %f,"IALL ARBOR ON THE SITE OF THE FGP,t'ER RESIDENCE WILL BE A MEMOR 1 AL ARBOR WITH A TERRACE SURROUNDItC IT. THIS ARBOR IS RFQUIRED TO VFET ONL OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE WILL.