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tobacco. About that time, petitioner began looking for other
sources of revenue to replace tobacco as her main cash crop.
Petitioner's farm is located on U.S. Highway 60, which is the
main road from Louisville to Owensboro, Kentucky. She wanted to
find a way to use her farm to make money from people using U.S.
Highway 60. She considered many alternatives, such as a
vegetable stand, a recreational vehicle park, a flower cutting
garden, a chuck wagon and show, and a petting zoo.
Ms. Beard was experienced in flower gardening and enjoyed
arranging flowers and gardening. Petitioner, however, did not
particularly like flowers or gardening.
Petitioner and Ms. Beard visited some public display gardens
in Europe in spring 1985, and in the United States in the late
1980's. Petitioner believed that she could develop a profitable
public display garden. She thought people would pay to see a
public display garden like those she and Ms. Beard had seen in
other States and abroad because her farm was in a good location
and Kentucky had no other similar gardens. Petitioner also
believed that, if she could attract people to the gardens, they
would buy produce from the farm.
Petitioner had no income from Broadmoor Gardens in 1990 and
1991. Broadmoor Gardens opened to the public in 1993. Its
features include: A display garden and conservatory, including
two rose gardens, an all-white "moon" garden, a rock garden with
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