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Galloping Gardener Walks© Three glorious castle gardens in Kent

Hever - moated Tudor castle and former home of Anne BoleynSpring is in the air and what better way to get out and enjoy it th... Similar stories ...
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Orchids at RHS Wisley for Easter

If you're looking for a garden to visit over the Easter weekend, why not go to RHS Wisley? It's close to London and filled wi... Similar stories ...
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MOER Green roofs: history, classification and naming

Scandinavian Green Roof Institute at Malmo This blog has often discussed green roofs and green roof typologies but they alway... Similar stories ...
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Spring gardens IV - Great Dixter, Sussex

Great Dixter at the start of the season, when the hedges are trimmed and magnolias in flowerGreat Dixter opened its doors thi... Similar stories ...
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Back to Buloh

Its been quite awhile since I came back to Sungei Buloh. I was here today with DL for a short walk and as usual with the bird... Similar stories ...
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An extraordinary plot unfolds in East Sussex!

The huge biodomes (similar to those at the Eden Project) where all plants are grown prior to "replanting"Yesterday I was invi... Similar stories ...
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Daffodil heaven at Godinton House, Kent as NGS Yellow Book launches for 2012

First view of the sea of daffodils from the walled garden at GodintonI don't know whether I'm seeing things, but it seems the... Similar stories ...
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Birding @ Bishan Park

This is my first trip to the newly revamped Bishan Park. It came along with a new name too (the Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park), thou... Similar stories ...
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Glorious spring gardens III - Vann, Surrey

First view of Vann, as you enter through the front gardenAlways a joy to visit, whether it's spring or summer, Vann - the onl... Similar stories ...
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Landscape Architect and Artist

The painting 'Rose' in art exhibition show of Charlton House The above painting is from the 2012 Art exhibition in ... Similar stories ...
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Make the public open space like home and make it popular

A nice housewife providing a nice cup of tea and food to guests, who always can make the home welcome Eating is a very popula... Similar stories ...
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Gorgeous spring gardens II - Sir Harold Hillier, Hampshire

Early flowering magnolias outside Jermyn's HouseAnother wonderful spring venue is Sir Harold Hillier's former home in Hampshi... Similar stories ...
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Official start of Spring today!

Spring has arrived - it's official! At 5.14 GMT this morning, spring began in the northern hemisphere. "You can cut all the f... Similar stories ...
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Tenafly Nature Center & Lost Brook Preserve!

Tenafly Nature Center The Tenafly Nature Center & Lost Brook Preserve  (TNC & LBP) is a beautiful estimated 380 acre preserve... Similar stories ...
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Does Greenwich Park have the oldest avenue of trees in England?

The most important avenue in Greenwich Park, because it is grass, not tarmac, and because it has so many ancient chestnuts, i... Similar stories ...
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Glorious spring gardens I - Borde Hill, West Sussex

View across the Rose Garden, which comes into bloom in JuneI featured Borde Hill earlier this month when writing about spring... Similar stories ...
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Space and place

Famous Danish Urbanist Jan Gehl after a nine month study of central Sydney in 2007 called for the addition of three new publi... Similar stories ...
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Cycling policy in Amsterdam and London

With thanks to Christine for the link, I am delighted to extend the availability of this history of cycling in Holland. Brita... Similar stories ...
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Back from Hiatus

Well, sometimes a six or seven month break is needed I suppose. I’ve been busy building my practice, Nightingale Acupun... Similar stories ...
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Mum goes free on Mothering Sunday at selected UK gardens

A sure sign of spring, when the daffodils begin to flowerThere's no doubt about it - spring is in the air and the daffodils a... Similar stories ...
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Parliament square urban landscape redesign LCC

Congratulations to the London Cycling Campaign (LCC) for publishing a re-design of Parliament Square’s urban landscape,... Similar stories ...
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Glimpse of Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and the Pink City's gardens!

The Tuk Tuk is a way of life in India - a sturdy three-wheeled vehicle used by both tourists and localsIf you've seen the Bes... Similar stories ...
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Indian Odyssey 2: From Palaces to Poppies

Udai Bilas Palace looks out over the lake at Dungarpur and has a private temple which is lit up at nightFrom palaces to poppi... Similar stories ...
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Cycling trip to Punggol

A recent meeting made me thoughtful about people’s perception of nature. It seems that there is general consensus that truly ... Similar stories ...
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Indian Odyssey with John Brookes I

On a freezing day in early February (just one day after most flights were cancelled from London Heathrow because of snow), I ... Similar stories ...
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Just a taster from India ....

... where I've been for the last couple of weeks, working on my hospital project. Thank you all for visiting my blog in my ab... Similar stories ...
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Climate change in London and the Thames Estuary

... The above chart, from the Museum of London, shows the pattern of climate change in the past  500,000 years. It does not h... Similar stories ...
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Urban Forests Benefit Your Health And Your Wallet

These days it's common to hear about "ecosystem services," but what are they, really? According to G.C. Daily, who coine... Similar stories ...
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Welcome to Essex County Mills Reservation!

Welcome to the Mills Reservation Welcome to Essex County’s Mills Reservation County Park! Mills reservation, located pr... Similar stories ...
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Where to see snowdrops in England this month

I wasn't planning to write about snowdrops, but the weather has been so grizzly in the last few weeks that I know readers wil... Similar stories ...
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Lord Foster Airport Thames Hub Isle of Grain – landscape implications

George Orwell called it Airstrip One. It was in what “had been called England or Britain”. This was the homeland ... Similar stories ...
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Bosco Verticale – vertical forest garden balconies in Milan

Green walls and green roof makes a forest appartment block in MilanCongratulations to Stefano Boerion his Vertical Forest. He... Similar stories ...
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Landscape architecture tree stamps

Tree stamps were once a key technology for landscape architects On my first day in a landscape architecture office the kind l... Similar stories ...
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Smilax mass flowering

This was quite a dated post, as it occurred about 3 weeks back. I learnt about how the nasty Simlax setosa can be: vigorous g... Similar stories ...
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Sussex burning!

It's not often you get to see a garden burning, but that's what I saw this week.... and here are some pictures showing what h... Similar stories ...
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Retrospective Planning

Gongbei District, Zhuhai City Master Plan View to Conference Centre Extremely rapid development is not generally compatible w... Similar stories ...
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Pinch and a punch ... the end of a cold month!

Not too many gardens to visit at this time of year, so to end the month, I've chosen a few shots that show the cold weather! Similar stories ...
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Red sky in the morning ....

Red sky in the morning;Shepherd's warning(And it's cold here, that's for sure!) Similar stories ...
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Thoughtful Friday

Terrible British weather, when everything goes grey! Similar stories ...
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Galloping Gardener's Alphabet Gardens © Best of the "S"s.

Part of the garden created by Hugh Johnson at Saling Hall, EssexHurtling through that alphabet now, with the end few letters ... Similar stories ...
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iGardens, iCities, iArchitecture, iLandscapes, iPads and the Steve Jobs design theory

Buddha, with an iPad and an idea for the Chelsea Fringe Flower and Garden Festival Steve Jobs is the most successful product ... Similar stories ...
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Galloping Gardener's Alphabet Gardens © 2011 Best of the "P"s and "R"s

Painshill - an 18th century landscape park in SurreyMore than half way through the month of January and although we've alread... Similar stories ...
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Winter Wonderland at Sussex Prairies

No dialogue ... but a beautiful sunset tonight at Sussex Prairies! Similar stories ...
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Laser hologram projection of dancing girls at Canary Wharf Underground station

London Transport need not worry about these girls obstructing the flow of communters from their suburban pads to the Canary W... Similar stories ...
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Campaign to restore Jellicoe’s Water Garden in Hemel Hempstead New Town

Thank you to Tamzin Baker for her article Streams of the subconscious, in today’s Financial Times, which lends support ... Similar stories ...
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Capital "N" for the National Gardens Scheme

Dean House opens on six days for the NGS this year - described as "one of Hampshire's best-kept secrets"It's that time of yea... Similar stories ...
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Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge Wood Duck Nature Trail!

Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge Wood Duck Nature Trail Welcome to the Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge Wood Du... Similar stories ...
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Galloping Gardener's Alphabet Gardens © 2011 - Best of the "M"s

Marks Hall in Essex has a glorious walled garden redesigned for the new MilleniumWith all the wind, rain and gales here in th... Similar stories ...
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London’s Roman Palace Garden at Cannon Street Station

Roman palace garden image projected onto a minimalist wall at Cannon Street StationReading about London’s Roman archaeo... Similar stories ...
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A sad tree poem in Greenwich Park in the new year

Is more care needed for historical tree conservation near the world heritage site? London has been experiencing a very heavy... Similar stories ...
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Butterflies galore in CCNR

Had an awesome trip in CCNR today with HL, N, and R with lots of butterflies, where almost all the species are my first! ... Similar stories ...
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Moving On .... Happy New Year!

Some memories of 2011 before we move into 2012Happy New Year! Similar stories ...
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Lady Boothroyd wants to get rid of her garden mole problem

Garden molehill problem? The former Speaker of the House of Commons was on Radio 4′s Today programme this morning, aski... Similar stories ...
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Galloping Gardener's Alphabet Gardens © 2011 - Best of "H"s +"L"s

Hampton Court, Herefordshire has been immaculately restored and draws visitors from all over the worldFrom wonderfully restor... Similar stories ...
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Tim Mowl’s Youtube garden history lecture on Claremont and William Kent

Congratulations to Tim Mowl for providing the best garden history content on Youtube (one can’t be quite sure: The FAQ ... Similar stories ...
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I grew a mistletoe

As the title said, the mistletoe seed of Dendrophthoe pentandra which I placed on a Vitex pinnata tree germinated! Can you... Similar stories ...
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Galloping Gardener's Alphabet Gardens © 2011 - Best of the "G"s

The Gibberd Garden in Essex - "Landscape as theatre"With another Christmas behind us, I'm back on the garden trail looking at... Similar stories ...
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Life in wastelands

I made two recent trips to two patches of wasteland forest in Clementi. To say that they are wastelands is an understatement.... Similar stories ...
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A Winding Path Gives a Bird's Eye View of an Urban Forest

"A Path in the Forest" is a 300' aerial walkway through a forest outside of Tallinn, Estonia's capital city. Similar stories ...
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HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL MY READERS AND FRIENDS - 2011

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In the glasshouses at Kew ...

Where better to go than Kew during the Christmas holidays - there's lots to see in the glasshouses! Similar stories ...
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Manuka Honey

KY passed me a bottle of Manuka Honey together with some dried specimens of the Manuka plant when he was in New Zealand recen... Similar stories ...
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Frosty morning - gone shopping!

Thick frost here this morning, so rushed out to get all those last minute presents! Similar stories ...
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Rainy Mandai

A, L, H, and I went for a walk along the now defunct railway adjacent Mandai railway. Yummy ripe rambutan fruits. Anot... Similar stories ...
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Happy Christmas .... getting reddy!

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Happy Christmas - reflections on 2011

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Conceptual gardens, folding, Deleuze and landscape design

What is a conceptual garden? - and what is a folded landscape? The RHS has a conceptual gardens category, at the Hampton Co... Similar stories ...
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Emerson Woods Preserve Tour!

Emerson Woods Preserve On December 4, 2011, Watershed Advocacy group Bergen SWAN (Save the Watershed Action Network) teamed w... Similar stories ...
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Galloping Gardener's Alphabet Gardens © 2011 - Best of the "E"s

Ecclesden Manor in Sussex opens every year for the RNLIAlthough I haven't galloped at my usual speed this year, I did manage ... Similar stories ...
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Gardenvisit.com welcomes the Christmas (selling) season

Buy an illuminated Santa for your Balcony TM ™ ® Gardenvisit.com Inc. Pvt. Co. Ltd. GmbH © Our blog analysis of Santa Claus&... Similar stories ...
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Galloping Gardener's Alphabet Gardens © 2011 - Best of "C"s + "D"s

Chartwell in Kent - former home of Sir Winston ChurchillAll the new gardens I saw this year in the "C" and "D" sections of th... Similar stories ...
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Greenwich landscape architecture urban design project 2011

The Isle of Dogs to Silvertown reach of the River Thames is becoming de-industrialised. This project looks 300 years back, 3 ... Similar stories ...
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Exploring Secaucus Mill Creek Marsh!

Welcome to Mill Creek Marsh! Welcome to the Secaucus Mill Creek Marsh!  Mill Creek, a tributary of the Hackensack River meand... Similar stories ...
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Galloping Gardener's Alphabet Gardens © of 2011 - Best of the "B"s

First signs of spring at the Pavilion Gardens in BrightonWhen I come to my end-of-year reviews, I always remember how many ga... Similar stories ...
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Do all good gardeners believe in Santa Claus?

Of course they do! Similar stories ...
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Galloping Gardener's Alphabet Gardens © of 2011 - Starting with "A"

Alfriston Clergy House in East Sussex has a charming cottage garden and Arts & Crafts terracesWith so few gardens open for bu... Similar stories ...
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Galloping Gardener Choices 2011 - Great garden memories Part II

The Dutch Water Garden at Hampton Court, HerefordshireJuly took me to Herefordshire this year, where I visited Hampton Court ... Similar stories ...
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Galloping Gardener Choices 2011 - Great garden memories Part I

We're getting to that time of year again, when garden visiting here in the UK is becoming harder - winter's on the way and sh... Similar stories ...
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Concepts of sacredness and beauty

It is likely that the history of Japanese gardens finds its origins in Shinto traditions. In particular the sacred nature of ... Similar stories ...
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Christopher Alexander and Humphry Repton as landscape design theorists – UDG lecture

Christopher Alexander and Humphry Repton as landscape architecture theorists Who is the most important landscape architecture... Similar stories ...
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Postcard from Florida - Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

Weather is here and wish you were wonderful! This is probably my last trip to Florida, so I wanted to reflect on the garden t... Similar stories ...
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Do they really need to cut them down?

I was astonished (while retaining my usual bland expression) when A came back to the lab carrying a branch of Viscum ovalifol... Similar stories ...
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Almost Wordless Wednesday - Nek Chand's garden people

This is my third posting on Nek Chand's amazing Rock Garden in Chandigarh, and I make no apologies for giving this remarkable... Similar stories ...
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Patronage – and the lovliest dolphin and naked boy fountain in the world

Dolphin boy fountain by David Wynne I once worked in the garden of the David Wynne, who made this fountain – and am gla... Similar stories ...
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When rubbish makes a garden unique! Nek Chand's Rocky Wonder II

When you arrive at the Rock Garden in Chandigarh, the first tiny taste of what awaits you are the sculpted water birds adorni... Similar stories ...
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Garden Wonders of the World! Nek Chand's Rock Garden, Chandigarh

The Rock Garden spreads over 30 acres in Chandigarh and is a combination of architecture, plants and sculptureIn all my garde... Similar stories ...
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Garden design and the history of art

Developments in gardens parallel developments in the fine arts The top pictures show a medieval statue, Michaelangelo’s... Similar stories ...
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Magical Monday! Too long since last posting!

No postings for nearly two weeks, but worry not, I've just visited one of the most amazing gardens in the world and will be r... Similar stories ...
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My Waterway @ Punggol

It was only two weeks since the launch of the Punggol Waterway but people are already flooding to experience this park with a... Similar stories ...
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John Evelyn’s garden at Sayes Court and the Convoys Wharf Urban Landscape Master Plan

John Evelyn's garden superimposed on plans of the Convoys Wharf site in the seventeenth century, the nineteenth century and, ... Similar stories ...
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Free street camping in Central London

Free camping in Central LondonIt used to be a regrettable fact that London did not have a campsite for those who find hotel p... Similar stories ...
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Bird Race through the eyes of a novice

Through the persistence of WQ and L, I was roped in to join in the yearly Bird Race organised by the Nature Society. This yea... Similar stories ...
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Hiking West Milford’s Kanouse Mountain!

Kanouse Mountain The 2011 Pequannock River Coalition Fall Hike took place in West Milford’s Kanouse Mountain located in... Similar stories ...
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La Primavera, Plato, Alchemy, Love, Flora and Venus in a garden grove with a flowery mead

La Primavera (‘Spring’) was painted by Sandro Botticelli c1482 and is one of the world’s most popular paint... Similar stories ...
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Wordless Wednesday - Autumn Colours at Sir Harold Hillier Gardens

Wonderful to visit at any time of year, but looking quite lovely now with all the autumn colours is the Sir Harold Hillier Ga... Similar stories ...
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Will Giles' Exotic Garden treat in Norfolk

Will Giles' Exotic Garden in Norwich, Norfolk is one that I've been trying to get to for a couple of years, but both time and... Similar stories ...
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Butterflying in Orchard Road

Last week L and I went for a visit to the butterfly trail created by the NSS along Orchard Road. Really nice to have a butter... Similar stories ...
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Keep Bukit Brown graves: Descendants

A Straits Times forum letter signed by the descendants of our chinese pioneers  THE consequence of the decision by the ... Similar stories ...
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Best of British castle gardens II - Hampton Court, Hever and The World Garden at Lullingstone

Hampton Court castle in HerefordshireMy quest for castle gardens took me to pastures new this year. First to Herefordshire, t... Similar stories ...
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Edinburgh as an urban landscape design with some brilliant greenways

Following upon the discussion of Copenhagen’s Greenfinger Plan, here are two photographs of my hometown. They show exam... Similar stories ...
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