Boca Raton plans on developing an $8.3 million botanical garden in de Hoernle Park in the next five years. It will consist of an 80-foot high dome for a conservatory, an amphitheater, a play garden for children and an area for research.
The Boca Raton Botanical Gardens Association Inc. is in charge of the project. They formed two years ago and have raised more than $555,000 ever since.
The project will be constructed in phases as funds become available. City Manager Leif Ahnell said the gardens should be completed in December of 2011.
The gardens are part of a several massive new developments in de Hoernle such as an athletic field and the Spanish River Public Library. The dome is slated to be 50,000 square feet and over 2.3 million cubic feet tall. It will be located on the south side of Blue Lake.
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