Are gardens ever going to be a priority?
Great Park Board and City Council approved and promised gardens. Are those not the plans anymore? How can the public know that gardens are truly going to be added back to the plan? A botanical garden or design center would put Irvine on the map and allow for more tourism The Great Park is missing great gardens There needs to be botanical gardens instead of a golf course. Gardens are free to use and do not cause the City to spend more money on a useless feature. There needs to be more gardens in the Great Park. Gardens should be a priority option and not an amphitheater. Families and tourists from around the world would come to Irvine to see the Great Park gardens. Every Great Park has great gardens. Just look at Central Park and Balboa Park, or even the Huntington Gardens. Why does the City not want a botanical garden? They are money makers for other cities. A large set of space needs to be incorporated for gardens, so that people can escape and not be able to see any buildings or hear any traffic. Would like to see a rose garden, zen garden of some sort Every great park has great gardens There were 59 acres included in the original plan for a botanical garden, and it has since then been removed We need native parks with native plans Gardens/agricultural areas can serve as educational opportunities for kids to learn It’s not fair that there will be no gardens A conservatory was included in the original plans as well We need more than just trees We would like to see large gardens, for example, botanical gardens I want an open space area for the kids that is not sports‐oriented; not everyone goes to the park to play sports Where are the botanical gardens that were planned? Lose the golf course, we have enough golf courses Golf courses only serve a specific population – it would be a small group of people using only 10% of the park Turn the golf course into a garden I’m not in support of the golf course because you have to pay, people don’t want to pay Doesn’t serve vast amount of community population Make it into a 9‐hole course Wants open space instead of golf course Lose the golf course It can only accommodate four people at a time at 18 holes Why is the Great Park spending so much money on 170 acres for 72 people? This is just over 2 acres being developed for a special interest No golf course This is not the type of space at a park if you compare to other great parks Open space is needed as opposed to golf course—wander around; amount dedicated is too small There are already a lot of golf courses, why use so much space on golfing?
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