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There's an enchantment or magic about it that I've felt since I was very young, and was
fascinated with plants
We would go and
get into gardening with my great grandma and
picked up on it
it's a place that we always have known about it because I lived really close to it
and0:00:48.799,0:00:53.490 our school would have little trips up here. Stephanie: We have this fantastic collection
David: It's just an obvious classroom if you will. Audrey: My husband and i were involved from
nineteen ninety-three we reconstructed everything in aluminum
Stephanie: These collections at the Conservatory
are probably the finest public collections
on the west coast and that means even San Francisco .0:01:14.990,0:01:18.980 David: They are all these sort of incidental surprises that take place 0:01:18.980,0:01:23.340It just depends on what plants I have available at the time and
how they all come together 0:01:26.960,0:01:28.190Stephanie: it's about
allowing people to find 0:01:30.140,0:01:32.570themself in the plants
Trudy: Well i love the Jade tree of course. i think that's a gem
It was born the same time i was
that's always fun for children to see the ones that eat bugs
(laughter)
it shows you what's out there in places that you made never never get the
opportunity to visit 0:01:52.340,0:01:55.610David: My passion is in helping to educate
kids who are going to be the next generation stewards of our environment
One of the challenges that we're facing 0:02:04.570,0:02:08.569 currently hits the need to complete the renovation of the building
Stephanie: Everything has come together
except for one wing, the east wing. Audrey: I came back 0:02:15.169,0:02:16.829 to finish the work
but we've come to the point where city said they didn't have the funds to do it 0:02:20.999,0:02:23.319It's the very serious
rebuilding it
is essential otherwise in a matter of just a few years, it will crumble 0:02:29.659,0:02:30.450Stephanie: when the building
doesn't function properly
then you cannot maintain
your fantastic collections that you 0:02:37.629,0:02:42.749 have spent so many years maintaining for the city of seattle as an asset0:02:42.749,0:02:46.180Audrey: It's important for the people, it's important for the city0:02:46.180,0:02:52.369 it's important for architecture, it's important for the plants 0:02:52.369,0:02:53.370It's this 0:02:53.370,0:02:57.889beautiful facade that you see when you drive down 0:02:57.889,0:02:59.239the concourse
there's something about the beauty of the building that speaks to me, not only
the plants, it's the building. It's like this beautiful woman 0:03:09.169,0:03:10.649 David: People can 0:03:10.649,0:03:15.019 for a moment stepp out of their busy urban life and come and 0:03:15.019,0:03:22.019 just enjoy a quiet moment. It's almost like stepping back in time
We've got the permit, 0:03:24.079,0:03:26.019 We've got the drawings done 0:03:26.019,0:03:28.579 The architect has done almost all the work 0:03:28.579,0:03:30.429the way to really meet this head on
is to raise the money now, get the job done
and have it completed
if people could just come and walk through it
they would be really amazed 0:03:39.040,0:03:40.730No one who comes in here is disappointing