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Spring 2008 -
Nashville Music Garden Breaks New Ground!
The first steps were taken on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 with a groundbreaking for the Nashville Music Garden, to be located at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Demonbreun (in the Hall of Fame Park just across the street from the Schermerhorn Symphony Center).

The 2,700-square-foot public garden, to be created over the next few months, is sure to become a tourist destination and compliment an area of Nashville that is known for superb music and a growing cultural epicenter. The idea for the garden blossomed when country music legend, Barbara Mandrell, gave her namesake rose to friend and avid gardener, Pat Bullard of LifeWorks Foundation, who recognized it as a way to acknowledge the music and artists synonymous with Nashville and also to beautify Music City. 

The Nashville Music Garden will feature flora of The Nashville Music Collection, a special collection of roses named after artists, music industry leaders and songs related to Music City, including artists Barbara Mandrell, Amy Grant, Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, Lynn Anderson, Elvis, Pam Tillis, Minnie Pearl and songs Ring of Fire, Tennessee Waltz, Rocky Top, Everlasting Love, Passionate Kisses, Heart of Gold and Blue Bayou, to name a few.

On hand for the groundbreaking were Randall Lantz, Superintendent of Horticulture for Metro Parks and Recreation; Jim Douglas, Landscape Architect from Hodgson and Douglas who designed the park; Dr. Louis Mishu, rosarian and horticulture expert and consultant for the garden; Pat Bullard, LifeWorks Foundation Trustee and financial support for the garden and country music legend Barbara Mandrell.

This is not the first time roses from the Nashville Music Collection have made an appearance in Music City. They first debuted at the DeFord Bailey Tribute Garden located at Leland and Gale Lane in the Sunnyside community this past June.  The Amy Grant rose can also be admired across the street from the Nashville Music Garden in the Firefighter Memorial at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center.

The roses are expected to make their collective debut with the opening of the Nashville Music Garden by spring of 2008.  Be sure to watch for more information over the coming months.  Sign up for future newsletters regarding the Nashville Music Garden at www.nashvillemusicgarden.com

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