In Atlanta, a $160 million expansion of the Botanical Garden is quietly rewriting the relationship between cultural institutions and the city's living infrastructure. By 2028, the garden will open directly onto the Beltline's Northeast Corridor, becoming the first major arts institution to dissolve the boundary between trail and destination. The project asks a deeper question than where to put a visitor center: it asks what kind of city Atlanta is choosing to become, and whether growth can be made to serve both people and the ecosystems they depend on.