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On June 21 & 22, 2003 from 1-6 pm, the Huntsville Botanical Garden will feature a fundraiser designed to thrill local garden enthusiasts.  Three private town gardens in South Huntsville and three private country gardens in Hazel Green will be open to the public.  I've previewed the gardens for you, but I urge everyone to get out on Saturday and Sunday and explore for themselves.  Even though a picture is worth a thousand words.....these pictures really don't do these gardens justice--you really need to see them for yourself!

Larry & Sue Seggel, 1065 Joe Quick Road, Hazel Green

Approaching a sturdy log home down a long pebble drive, you feel you're in the country, but you're in for a surprise!  This garden is home to a freight depot, steak house, sawmill complex and even the 'Possum Run Grocery.'  Larry is a member of the Nashville Garden Train Society and he is very serious about this exacting hobby.  Watch as locomotives zoom around cleverly built mountains, through mining communities, across numerous bridges and into an active township which boasts a 'Square Deal Mercantile,' a post office and so much more.  Larry has 700 feet of track in "G" gauge that he has been working on for about five years.  A lot of his time is spent trimming his shrubbery into scale-size trees and bushes for his railroad.  Don't miss his fascinating waterfall!  This miniature world is amazingly realistic.

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