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Article: Verdant zoo is garden, too: The Central Florida Zoo adds Botanical Gardens to its name.
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- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
- Article date:
- August 5, 2007
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Byline: Tammie Wersinger
Aug. 5--SANFORD
- It has been more than eight years since former DeBary resident Steve DeCresie wrote his first memo suggesting that the Central Florida Zoo seek the designation of botanical garden.
At the time, he was a bird keeper with a passion for plants.
Now, he is the Sanford zoo's first and only horticulturist, with stewardship over a multitude of plants that flourish throughout a 117-acre park, which is only a short drive from southwest Volusia.
Waiting for the designation that has resulted in the zoo's name change to Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens meant having "the patience of a ...