In 1990, at the beginning of his thirty-year tenure, the new president of the New York Botanical Garden retained RGR to assist in the development of a comprehensive and systematic approach to the restoration of the NYBG’s 250-acre site. At that time, the Garden was in serious disrepair after many years of neglect. RGR worked closely with the NYBG board and senior staff to develop a program of improvements and evaluate various alternatives. Along with a financial plan and a fundraising plan developed by NYBG officers, RGR prepared “The New York Botanical Garden: The Master Plan Phase I 1993-1999,” which formed the basis of a $125 million fundraising campaign to finance four initial large-scale projects: restoration of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory; building a significant new food service facility near the conservatory; construction of a new herbarium along with the interior renovation of the historic library building; and creation of a new children’s garden. This planning document proved to be the first of several successive and successful seven-year strategic planning efforts over the next twenty years that would raise more than $1 billion in funding.