The Augusta Botanical Gardens (formerly the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame Botanical Gardens) was a

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located in downtown

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. The gardens were opened in 2001. Until July 2007, it contained display gardens () along the

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s of the

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, and include a

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garden with over 800 miniature

varieties, as well as sculptures of famous golfers

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, Bobby Jones,

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, and

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. Because of financial problems, the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame closed the gardens in 2007. Most of the plants died because they were not watered. On September 6, 2007, the sculptures were removed and placed in a maintenance shed on the property. On June 6, 2009, after a well-publicized eight-day battle with state agencies, the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame allowed a group of two dozen citizens to enter the property to cut the grass. Residents of Augusta and the surrounding areas continued to maintain parts of the property for free, even though the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame would not allow them to use the property except to maintain it. In 2010, several of the golf statues were acquired by the Augusta Museum of Memory and the property was offered for sale. In 2012, the property was transferred to

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. In 2016, the university began to redevelop the property. The site has now been developed as the home of the Georgia Cyber Center, a two building office complex which is host to multiple cybersecurity companies as well as cybersecurity and information technology programs at Augusta University and

Augusta Technical College Augusta Technical College is a Public college, public technical school based in Augusta, Georgia. It was opened in 1961 and is part of the Technical College System of Georgia. The school has three campuses, one in Augusta, Georgia, Augusta (Rich ...

References

External links

Augusta Botanical Gardens
— AugustaGA.gov
Georgia Golf Hall of Fame

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