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In 1940, it was converted for use as the Coca-Cola Bottling Company, and restyled in Art Moderne.

In the fall of 1935, he fenced his garden and started charging an admission fee of 25 cents.

The Turner family purchased the building in 1967 to create the World’s Largest Gift Shop and the King of Kings Wax Museum, adding faux lava portions at that time.

The garden atmosphere is peaceful and many of the plants are quite large (compared to typical specimens) due to their long history of protection and cultivation.The Gardens began in 1903, when plumber and avid gardener George Turner Sr.

purchased the site, including a shallow lake below sea level, which he drained to form his private "sunken" garden.

The Gardens were a commercial tourist attraction for many years, but are now operated by the city and maintained with the help of volunteers.

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