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Gardens foundation and did not involve the use of tax revenues or other public funds. It was named after the late Paul Smith (no relation to the founding director Shane Smith), who was the proprietor of a once notable hotel, Hitching Post Inn. Paul Smith was a long-time supporter of the
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greenhouse, a number of quaint wood-framed houses which are still used for staff housing, laboratories, storage areas and office space. Maintenance of the site is now provided by the
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They were motivated because there are still many of the trees and shrubs still exist that were once part of the
Horticulture Station's landscape and research. The result of the work of the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens and the Friends of the High Plains Arboretum resulted in allowing the USDA to modify
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The goal was to find plants that would make the High Plains of the United States more habitable. This station still exists in its original location on a 2,140 acre (870 ha) plot leased from the City of
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Children's Village is centered in what used to be a city parks shop. This site included a large native stone garage (now the classroom/laboratory) and rock wall which now surrounds the Children's Village. The garage and wall were constructed in the early 1930s as part of the Works
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Cheyenne for the return of the 62-acre (250,000 m) portion to be returned to City operation through guidance of the City of Cheyenne Parks and Recreation's Cheyenne Botanic Gardens and the Friends of the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens and the Division of Urban Forestry.
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In 2009, after 3 years of fundraising and one year of construction, the Paul Smith
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Children's Village at the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens which was scheduled to open in 2009. This design has won two awards and focuses on both sustainability and gardening. Schaal also created the master plan for the High Plains Arboretum.
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The conservatory is 100% solar heated and 50 percent of the conservatory's electricity is also powered by the sun. They are the United States
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and native plants. There is also a wetland display and gardens that depict plants that were important in southeast Wyoming over the past three centuries (called the Rotary Century Plazas). It also has a
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was the founding Director of the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens and retired in 2018. He planted the first seed in 1977 and has guided the project up to his retirement. Smith is also author of the book
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to establish the Central Great Plains Field Station at or near Cheyenne. In 1930, the site officially became the Cheyenne Horticulture Field Station, and was directed to concentrate on
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