"Next for conservatory: garden 'campus'" The Columbus Dispatch

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Tim Feran
The Columbus Dispatch
June 4, 2008

The Franklin Park Conservatory will break ground today on a community-garden "campus" -- the second major project in the first phase of the venue's $75 million expansion plan.

Developed with the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department, the 4-acre attraction will occupy the southeast corner of Franklin Park.

"I think the timing . . . is really critical because it does provide an educational platform to address such current issues as rising food prices, concerns about food safety and where food is coming from," said Bruce Harkey, executive director of the conservatory.

When it opens in the summer of 2009, the $4 million campus will serve as headquarters for the nonprofit American Community Gardening Association, which has promoted civic gardening for almost 30 years...