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Mayor Bob Diamond joins with members of the community as the ribbon is cut for Plant Drive Park. The park would provide play areas and ballfields to the residents and their children.

The Palm Beach Gardens Parks & Recreation Department became the National Gold Medal Award Winner in 1989. Pictured left to right in the back row are Scott Moore, Bob Clarey, Lisa Polk, Steve Cardorini, and Mike Fallon. Pictured left to right on the…

Plant Drive Park opened in 1965 and become a small, but notable location for significant events within the Palm Beach Gardens Community. The Boy Scout Color Guard, Troop 132, included Mark Hathaway and Mickie Pullen, who raised the flag along with…

Children enjoying the playground equipment at Plant Drive Park after it opened in 1965

Children enjoying the playground equipment at Plant Drive Park after it opened in 1965; parents looking on with cautious enthusiasm.

Palm Beach Gardens' first recreation director, Woody Dukes, proudly presents the first piece of playground equipment. It was located at Plant Drive Park when it opened in 1965. What the park lacked in equipment was made up for in parental enthusiasm.…

Lifeguard Don Kiselewski Jr. barks out safety instructions from his megaphone at the new city pool. Funds that were used to build the pool ($155,000) were earned on May 1, 1981 during a community project called "The House that Buz Built," setting a…

Vice Mayor Walter Wiley speaking at the Palm Beach Gardens Recreation Gymnastics Program.

{Image donated by Walter Wiley, former mayor of Palm Beach Gardens}

Palm Beach Gardens Recreation Gymnastics Program.

{Image donated by Walter Wiley, former mayor of Palm Beach Gardens}

Palm Beach Gardens Recreation Gymnastics Program.

{Image donated by Walter Wiley, former mayor of Palm Beach Gardens}