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C. OPERATIONS PLAN <br />1. Target Audiences <br />The District has the opportunity to focus the programs and services <br />it offers at the Estate Gardens at various target groups. Target <br />groups include garden clubs and other horticultural groups, school <br />groups, and senior citizen groups. By focusing on the specific <br />interests of these groups a clientele will be developed. <br />Educational and historical displays, exhibits, tours, and c,ther <br />programs des-•ibing estate gardens, the Noerenberg Estate and the <br />lifestyle of the Lake Minnetonka Area will be developed. <br />Public use of the area will include general public strolling <br />through the Estate with the visitor center as the focal point at <br />which the visitor will get a general orientation and/or specific <br />information on the Estate. <br />2. Programs <br />There are many programs that could be incorporated into the Estate <br />Garden to provide for more pleasurable and educational experiences <br />for visitors of all types. Possibilities include: <br />o Slide presentation regarding estate gardens of the past; <br />highlighting unique features of several gardens <br />Displays and classes for flora? arranging, drawing, art, <br />etc. <br />o History of Eddie Phelps and other formal landscape <br />architects and their work in the Lake Minnetonka area <br />o History and pictures of the Noerenberg home and its <br />original garden and lifestyle in cooperation with existing <br />historical societies. <br />