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Augusta deserves much better

...backstabbing of our glorious city planners, that lady has excelled in everything she has done.We build the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame Botanical Gardens without really looking at who would frequent the thing, and how much money it will take to run the place...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/letters/2012-12-22/augusta-deserves-much-be
Augusta officials say GreenJackets' move not a complete loss

...GreenJackets officials agreed Wednesday that the state of Georgia's decision this year to transfer the former Georgia Golf Hall of Fame Botanical Gardens site ? diagonally across the Savannah River from the proposed North Augusta site ? to Georgia Health...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/baseball/2012-12-19/augusta-officials-say-gr
Weeds sprout as officials struggle over future path

...is here, and with the city no longer expending resources on maintaining state-owned property, the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame Botanical Gardens looks like a scene from the History Channel's Life After People , the documentary showing what might...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/05/26/met_525287.shtml
Metro | Augusta National Golf Club | Deke Copenhaver | Downtown stadium | Georgia Golf Hall of Fame Botanical Gardens | Augusta-Richmond County Commission
Operating hours are blooming

...from the dead or dying plants that littered the site last summer. In mid-July, the state-funded Georgia Golf Hall of Fame Botanical Gardens lost its funding. The city took over a six-month lease of the land in November, and the results...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/05/14/met_198719.shtml
Metro | Georgia Golf Hall of Fame Botanical Gardens | Augusta-Richmond County Commission
Death of Coliseum Authority bill boils down to struggle for power

...coin and let the referee decide. HERE'S THE SCOOP: Augusta commissioners' decision not to open the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame Botanical Gardens as a dog park was probably a good thing because it was supposed to open Sunday and the Mayor's Masters...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/04/06/cit_193753.shtml
City Ink | Downtown stadium | Georgia Golf Hall of Fame Botanical Gardens | Augusta-Richmond County Commission | Coliseum Authority
Park's purpose debated

...final vote today on amending city ordinance to allow for an off-leash dog park, but plans to open the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame Botanical Gardens as for that purpose Sunday might not be a done deal. Issues on today's meeting agenda include: OFF-LEASH...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/04/01/met_193007.shtml
Metro | Deke Copenhaver | Georgia Golf Hall of Fame Botanical Gardens | Augusta-Richmond County Commission
Guests return to gardens

...turned out for Augusta's grand reopening of the gardens, which was once operated by the state as the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame Botanical Gardens. Horticulture enthusiast Frances Bennett said the day's visitors proved there is still great interest...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/01/06/met_179382.shtml
Metro | Deke Copenhaver | Georgia Golf Hall of Fame Botanical Gardens
Timeline: 35 years of success, false starts

It's been 25 years since Augusta Tomorrow formed and helped produce the master plan that led to Riverwalk Augusta, and 35 years since the earliest efforts to redefine a city center struggling to compete with suburban sprawl.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2007-10-21/timeline-35-years-success-fal
Metro | Augusta National Golf Club | Deke Copenhaver | Ellis Street Canal | Georgia Golf Hall of Fame Botanical Gardens | Master Plan | TEE Center | Augusta-Richmond County Commission | Coliseum Authority
Gardens wither away behind locked gates

...the flowers, shrubs, bushes and small trees behind the serpentine brick wall in the gardens in the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame Botanical Gardens are dead. Roses in the Rose Garden. Azaleas in the Azalea garden. Even the Grand Lawn doesn't look...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/10/21/cit_148694.shtml
City Ink | Deke Copenhaver | Georgia Golf Hall of Fame Botanical Gardens
Border Bash draws thousands

...English bulldog, George, drew more than a few stares during the 14th annual Border Bash on Friday at the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame Botanical Gardens. These were certainly not your typical Georgia fans. Mr. Daniel said he was there to cheer for the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/09/08/met_142923.shtml
Metro | Georgia Golf Hall of Fame Botanical Gardens