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Construction of the pavilion was completed in the fall of 2010, and the bell arrived from Korea in May 2011. A dedication ceremony for the bell was held on the fourteenth. The official opening ceremony for the garden was held about a year later on May 19, 2012. The ceremony was opened and closed by
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in 1976. The idea for the Korean Bell Garden was conceived of by Jeung-Hwa
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Meadowlark Botanical Gardens. The project cost around $ 1 million: $ 600,000 for the bell and the pavilion; $ 100,000 for the surrounding garden; and $ 300,000 for long-term maintenance. Eighty percent of the costs were raised through donations from the Korean-American
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