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News items

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:

Star Ledger
Courier News
Hunterdon County Democrat
Somerset Reporter
Packet online
New York Times

Star Ledger

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

Courier News

Web drive fighting Duke Farms changes

Saturday May 17th: www.mycentraljersey.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008805170397

Hunterdon County Democrat

Duke greenhouse tours shut down indefinitely

Thursday April 3rd: http://www.nj.com/hunterdon/stories/index.ssf?/base/living-0/1207213512197120.xml&coll=12

Somerset Reporter

Opposition forms to closing of gardens

May 1st: http://www.nj.com/somerset/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1209571504185350.xml&coll=13

Group wants Duke Gardens to stay open

April 24th:http://www.nj.com/centraljersey/index.ssf/2008/04/group_wants_duke_gardens_to_st.html#preview

No charge to tour Duke's display gardens

March 26th http://blog.nj.com/reporter/2008/03/no_charge_to_tour_dukes_displa.html

Packet online

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

New York Times

Transformation includes SACRIFICE. ANNE RAVER

May 8th, 2008: http://http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/garden/08garden.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=raver&st=nyt&oref=slogin

NEW JERSEY AT ITS BEST; Out of the Cold, Into the Warmth. JILL P. CAPUZZO

November 20, 2005: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9402EFDA113EF933A15752C1A9639C8B63

EVERYONE wants to get a peek inside the lives of the rich and famous. Jill P. Capuzzo

September 11th, 2005: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/11/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/11njCOVER.html?scp=2&sq=duke+gardens+new+jersey&st=nyt

ANYONE can create beauty, but the wealthy can create beauty on a grand scale. DENISE DIFULCO

July 3, 2005: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9901E6D91539F936A35752C1A9669C8B63

I did not expect to be enchanted. But I was. JOSEPH D'AGNESE