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The limestone deposit was exhausted in 1908 and the quarry was abandoned. Mrs. Butchart then conceived the idea of transforming the barren pit into a garden, bringing the Sunken Garden into being. In 1910 she planted Lombardy poplar trees in an attempt to block the view of the cement factory. By 1912 development of the garden was underway, and it was completed in 1921.
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