If you want to read one story that describes what's being lost:
I did not expect to be enchanted. But I was. JOSEPH D'AGNESE
February 7th, 1999:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9906E5D61E38F934A35751C0A96F958260
Other Sources:
Growing pains to close gardens at Duke Farms
March 31 2008: http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1206941707303860.xml&coll=1
"...each display an exquisite miniature"
April 02 2008: http://www.nj.com/homegarden/garden/index.ssf/2008/04/duke_farms.html
"Web campaign to 'Save Duke Gardens"
May 14th 2008: http://www.nj.com/homegarden/garden/index.ssf/2008/05/web_campaign_to_save_duke_gard.html#996713
"End of an era: Bloggers debate the dismantling of Duke Gardens"
May 21st 2008:http://blog.nj.com/jerseyblogs/2008/05/end_of_an_era_bloggers_debate.html
Web drive fighting Duke Farms changes
Saturday May 17th: www.mycentraljersey.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008805170397
Duke greenhouse tours shut down indefinitely
Thursday April 3rd: http://www.nj.com/hunterdon/stories/index.ssf?/base/living-0/1207213512197120.xml&coll=12
March 26th http://blog.nj.com/reporter/2008/03/no_charge_to_tour_dukes_displa.html
Help save estate’s indoor gardens
April 9th http://www.packetonline.com/articles/2008/04/09/hillsborough_beacon/your_views/doc47fcd77104c64046006063.txt#blogcomments
Change is coming to historic Duke Farms
April 11th: http://www.packetonline.com/articles/2008/04/15/the_princeton_packet/lifestyle/doc47ff93fe3bf77441803364.txt
Transformation includes SACRIFICE. ANNE RAVER
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