Walt Eilers, president of the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks Board of Directors, right, and Ron Cox,

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Walt Eilers, president of the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks Board of Directors, right, and Ron Cox, executive director of the Botanical Garden, walk along a section of the soft trail on the southeast side of Lake Fayetteville in an area where the Botanical Garden is planning to expand. The Botanical Garden wants to expand to about 40 acres during the next 15 to 20 years.