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Die gemeenskap se visie was om die park as \u2019n sieraad en toeristebaken te vestig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volgens Devi Lategan, voorsitter van die stigtings\u00adkomitee wat die projek gedryf het, simboliseer die Victoria Jubilee-park hoop vir Wellington se diverse gemeenskap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDie opheffing van die park die afgelope paar jaar het bewys hoe Wellingtonners hul hande kan vuil maak en hande vat sodat iets vir die nageslag behoue kan bly.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twee internasionaal-erkende rooskundiges, Gwen Fagan en Sheenagh Harris, het hul kundigheid saamgesnoer om \u2019n vyfsoortige roosbedding uit te l\u00ea. \u2019n Voormalige burgemeester van die Drakenstein-munisipaliteit, Gesie van Deventer, het \u2019n groot finansi\u00eble hupstoot uit die burgemeesterfonds moontlik gemaak om die projek van die grond af te kry. 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