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The 39-acre Queens Botanical Garden (QBG), located in the Kissena Park Corridor, evolved from the Gardens on Parade exhibit of the 1939 World's Fair exhibit. In order to address various inadequate facilities and management issues, the QBG embarked on a master planning process in 1999. Two years later, as a continuation of that process, they retained a multidisciplinary team to further illustrate their vision.
As team leader, the landscape architect guided the master planning process, which included holding numerous workshops in Queens, considered to be one of the most diverse areas in the country.
The 160-page master plan includes plans, drawings, sketches, and written descriptions of most places within the Garden. Each idea has been developed to determine the arrangement of water elements, garden spaces, buildings and shelters, access, circulation, and parking. The plan emphasizes the concept that this botanical garden is a living museum that will grow as people continue to love and care for it. The interaction of various landscapes - plazas, walkways, gardens, prairies, wetlands, and woodlands - is an interpretation of the relationship all cultures have had with plants since the beginning of time.
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