Work is moving along on Smithgall Woodland Garden, with crews building the entryway to the 168-acre site off Cleveland Highway in Gainesville. “To cut the road, there are some scrub pines we’ve taken out, and there’s a big hole out front where they’re putting in the first storm drain,” said Mildred Pinnell Fockele, vice president of horticulture for the Atlanta Botanical Garden. “The first part isn’t very exciting.