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Gamble Garden by the numbers

1985 year founded as Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden

1902 year home built

2.3 acres of property

5,450 square feet of main house

1,200 members

400+ volunteers

35,000 hours devoted by volunteers in 2009

365 days open every year

1,000 horticultural books in the library

2,000+ people who attend annual fundraising Spring Tour of private gardens

15,000 people who have taken classes

25,000+ visitors to Gamble Garden each year

$0 price of admission

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Posted by Tim, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood, on Feb 27, 2010 at 11:34 am

Good history of the Gamble Gardens...

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