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Smithgall Woodland Gardens nears groundbreaking
Ceremony set for April 17
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Smithgall Woodland Gardens greenhouse and nursery manager Ethan Guthrie works with plants Friday in the greenhouse, getting many plants prepared for the upcoming Hall County Master Gardeners Spring Plant Expo.
In the next few months, the years of dreaming about opening the Smithgall Woodland Gardens in Gainesville will begin to come true. The garden, a satellite of the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, will have a groundbreaking ceremony from 3 to 5 p.m. April 17. The 168-acre tract off Cleveland Highway was donated to the Atlanta Botanical Garden in 2001 by Lessie Smithgall and her late husband, Charles Smithgall.