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I really love gardening, now that Nanay was gone, I will try to have time to have her garden fixed this summer. I searched for some gardens, and I am inspired by a bit, though I missed my mom a lot...
In Japanese culture gardening is an art form, a tradition to be passed down through the generations. Books by Zen monks have been published outlining the sacred act of garden making
Japanese gardens often contain architecture, a central structure, usually their home from which the garden can be looked at. Elements such as water, rocks, bridges or stepping stones are often found in traditional Japanese gardens too.
There are different styles of Japanese gardens all suited for different purposes.........
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Strolling gardens known as kaiyu-shiki allow the garden to be seen from its path.
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Dry gardens with no water and limited planting purposely to show off special rocks, shrubs and mosses are called karesansui.
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Pond gardens can be viewed from boats
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Tea gardens from paths that lead to tea ceremony huts.
The structure of Japanese gardens invites the viewer to go on a journey. Certain aspects of the garden will make you walk and look a certain way. The 'hide and reveal' principle is a fantastic way of premeditating what your viewer should be looking at. Uneven paths will make a person look down and when they look up they will see something eye catching and meaningful. Japanese gardens can be used in many ways, for relaxation and meditation, for recreation, or as exhibits for plants and rocks. Stones used to reflect mountain ranges are placed in groups or used as paths and walkways.
Water is used effectively in Japanese gardens but only looking natural. Traditional gardens will not contain fountains or anything that looks man made. Pools and streams are often found, sometimes even empty which is just as striking as if they were filled with water. In dry gardens gravel (http://www.letsgogardening.co.uk/Shopping/Gravel.htm) is often used to create a water effect. http://www.letsgogardening.co.uk/images/x42/rafa91.jpg (http://www.letsgogardening.co.uk/Information/JapaneseMaples.htm)
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The planting is often green and low key but flowering shrubs are also used. These gardens are miniature reproductions of nature. They explore subtleties of moss,maples, bamboo (http://www.letsgogardening.co.uk/Information/Bamboo.htm) and stone carvings. Once the flowering season is over the garden retains its tranquility and beauty.
http://www.letsgogardening.co.uk/images/x44/japan53.jpg The famous moss garden of Saihō-ji, Kyoto, Japan.
Plant hunters brought back a lot of plants from Japan that we now use every day such as lilies and irises which before then were unknown to us. Perhaps then most of our gardens have a little piece of Japan in them.
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Trailfinders Australian Garden Trailfinders Australian Garden presented by Fleming's designer Scott Wynd In typical Australian style, this garden has been designed to maximise opportunities for outdoor living. Featuring a stunning lap pool and a spa, with areas for eating and entertaining, this is a place to relax and enjoy life. A circular theme flows through the garden, from the moon window in the pavilion and laser-cut shapes in the pergola roof, to the circular cutout in the paving feature and the bar stools of the pool's wet bar
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Ace of Diamonds Ace of Diamonds celebrates the links between plants and precious stones. Many of the plants used either have gemstones in their names or have flowers reminiscent of precious stones. As well as giving access to the patio, the path represents the loop of a chain; when viewed from above, it looks like a necklace, with the central diamond-shaped patio forming a pendant. The raised seating area provides a place to relax and enjoy a view of the garden. www.letsgogardening.co.uk/Gallery/Chelsea_2010/2.htm
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A Joy Forever A Joy Forever is a sunken space for clients who love to use their garden for entertaining and relaxing all year round, but who don’t have a lot of spare time for gardening. An outdoor wicker sofa and bespoke fireplace create the feel of an outdoor room, whilst the planting has a strong backbone of evergreen plants and shade-tolerant perennials designed to provide interest throughout the year with minimal maintenance.
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A Centenary Garden for Captain R F Scott A Centenary Garden for Captain R F Scott marks the centenary of Captain Scott's expedition to the Antarctic, which began when he left Cardiff on the SS Terra Nova. Edwardian Cardiff was a thriving city with an economy driven by coal and shipping. Opulent homes, often with formal gardens and topiary, reflected this wealth and prosperity. Inspiration has been taken from the Edwardian period for this garden that pays homage to Scott's polar expedition. /www.letsgogardening.co.uk/Gallery/Chelsea_2010/6.htm
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Gardens
The Government House grounds embrace 14.6 hectares (36 acres), including 8.9 hectares (22 acres) of a rare Garry Oak ecosystem, and 5.7 hectares (14 acres) of formal gardens. All formal garden areas are wheelchair accessible thanks to the efforts of the Government House Foundation, the Province of British Columbia and private donations. For information on the individual gardens, visit the Government House Gardens page.
The site is a popular attraction for Victoria residents, visitors, and tourists alike. Thanks to the time and expertise of dedicated volunteers, The Friends of Government House Gardens Society, the grounds are a well-utilized, much-treasured greenbelt for the community. With occasional exceptions, the grounds are open daily to the public from dawn to dusk, free of charge.
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(The Shuheki Garden) (D-138)
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Versaille Versailles (http://www.chateauversailles.fr/), probably the world's most famous garden, was built for Louis XIV and designed by André Le Nôtre.
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The Garden of Cosmic Speculation Strange landforms abound in Charles Jencks' Garden of Cosmic Speculation (http://tinyurl.com/2yv9zk).
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Boboli Gardens The Bobobli Gardens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boboli_Gardens), behind the Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy were groundbreaking in the early 18th century for their open design.
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Rikugien Gardens "Rikugien (http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3026.html) literally means 'six poems garden' and reproduces in miniature 88 scenes from famous poems."
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Claude Monet Gardens in Giverny The pool with nympheas, in Claude Monet's garden at Giverny (http://giverny.org/monet/welcome.htm).
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Butchart Gardens, Victoria, B.C. The Butchart Gardens (http://www.butchartgardens.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1) at Todd Inlet, which lie around 14 miles from Victoria B.C., covers more than 55 acres of the 130 acre Butchart Estate.
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Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens Table Mountain looms in the distance of this vista from Kirstenbosch (http://www.sanbi.org/frames/kirstfram.htm) Botanical Gardens in South Africa.
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Yu Gardens - Shanghai The 400-year-old Yu Gardens (http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2761741-yu_gardens_shanghai-i) were built in the Ming Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Jia Jin, and restored in the 1960s.
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Abraham Lincoln Memorial Gardens Designed by Jens Jensens in the 1930s, the Lincoln Memorial Gardens (http://www.lmgnc.org/page.php?Title=History) are planted with native species from the three states Lincoln lived in: Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois.
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Exbury Gardens - New Forest, England Amazing colors reflect on the calm waters of Exbury Lake.
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Holland's Keukenhof Gardens A showpiece for Holland's unique and beautiful tulips, the manicured landscapes of Keukenhof Gardens abut the rainbow rows of blooming Tulips near Amsterdam.
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Mirabell Garden in Salzburg The world-famous Mirabell Gardens (http://www.visit-salzburg.net/sights/mirabellgarden.htm) were built along a north-south axis and oriented towards the Hohensalzburg Fortress and the Salzburger Dom cathedral.
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Ryōan-ji Zen Garden in Kyoto, Japan In Kyoto's Ryōan-ji (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%8Dan-ji) Zen Garden, the empty space is implicitly structured, and is aligned with the temple's architecture.
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The Ruth Bancroft Garden: Walnut Creek, Calif.
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The Ruth Bancroft Garden was the first in the United States to be preserved by the Garden Conservancy at its inception in 1989. It is a "dry" garden with a vast collection of cactus in fantastic colors and shapes. The Ruth Bancroft's garden has hundreds of varieties of succulents from dry areas from around the world.
In 1989, then age 81, Bancroft donated her garden to the conservancy, but she has since continued to live at her home.
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Watnong Gardens: Morris Plains, N.J.
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Gardening became a real passion for Frank and Helen Donn when 15 years ago they purchased a property that used to be a nursery located next door to their longtime home.
The 2.5-acre property has conifers, shrubs, hostas, ferns, perennials and a water garden. The Donns recently added a waist-high train set with four cars that measure between six and eight feet long and are filled with alpine plants.
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Wissing Garden: Nashville, Tenn.
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Connie and Edward Wissing spend at least 20 hours weekly maintaining their garden on their two-acre property. The garden is built into a sloping hillside. There is extensive use of rock for walls and edging. Thyme-covered steps lead to a bubbling fountain, which is the central focus of the garden.
On June 3, the Wissings will open their garden for first time to Open Days tour ."We are madly preparing," Connie Wissing says.
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BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Las Pozas
Location: Xilitla, Mexico
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Background: English surrealist and poet Edward James went to the Mexican rainforest to create a spectacle of a garden that blends strange architecture into an already vivacious environment. Walkways stamped with footprints, Orchid-inspired sculptures and fantastical structures looming over the landscape are just some of the features laced throughout the 40 or so acres.
Why It's Unique: At points, it seems as though the abundance of artwork would detract from the beauty of the natural landscape and diverse fauna. Then again, it's a small plot of land when considering the size of the whole rainforest, and as the years pass, the artwork and gardens meld into the environment more and more. "I suppose it's true of architecture, but certainly landscape design; it doesn't take too many years when left to its own devices to be eaten up by the jungle," Callaway says. "The natural landscape is going to win out." James died in 1984, and nature has been busy consuming the features so rapidly that Las Pozas was recently named an endangered cultural site by the World Monument Foundation.
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Step Garden at Acros Fukuoka
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
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Background: Adding a new building in Fukuoka, Japan, forced designers to encroach upon one of the last green spaces in the densely populated city. Eco-centric architecture firm Emilio Ambasz & Associates created a unique 5400-square-meter green area that flows into what remains of the park by snaking this 14-story, ziggurat-like garden up the side of the civic center.
Why It's Unique: Acros Fukuoka's walls are mostly glass, allowing natural light to flood the building year-round. "I'm assuming that they probably did the green side facing south, and the glass is on the north side because of heat-gain issues," Callaway says, noting that a relatively new trend is companies creating vertical green panels that can be used on the sides of buildings. But Step Garden is no aftermarket add-on. In 1995, when the building opened, Step Garden had 37,000 plants spanning 76 varieties. Today, there are more than 120 varieties and 50,000 plants. And just because the garden runs up the side of a massive building doesn't mean it's off limits. Two entrances from the park allow residents and visitors to meander up steps that cut through the greenery.
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The Lost Gardens of Heligan
Location: Cornwall, England
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Background: England's Lost Gardens of Heligan have a storied history of prosperity, neglect and rejuvenation. The once glorious Heligan estate fell into disrepair as World War I creeped into England and priorities shifted. Nature took its course in the decades that followed, swallowing the gardens and obscuring the walkways. It wasn't until 1990 that two descendants of the Tremayne family—the owning family of the estate dating back to 1200—discovered a small garden and decided to revamp the site.
Why It's Unique: Before there were Chia Pets, there were the much larger Mud Maid and Giant's Head of Heligan. Callaway says there is a fine line between kitsch and art, but these two sculptures are wonderful additions to the garden. "It could be that those mud sculptures are much better now than they were in the beginning," Callaway says. "Because now they have the patina of age." In addition to these impressive sculptures, Heligan also boasts an Italian Garden, an extensive jungle section and an alpine-inspired ravine.
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Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden
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Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden
Location: Chonburi, Thailand
Background: Originally destined to become a fruit plantation, the pristine grounds of Thailand's Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden sprawl over 500 acres. With a year-round tropical climate, the location is versatile enough to have cactus and pineapple gardens, as well as more sculpture-based displays, like the bizarre Umbrella Garden.
Why It's Unique: "A botanical garden is a place of learning," Callaway says. "It can either be focused on plants from the region or be a museum of stuff from around the world." Nong Nooch achieves both, showcasing the world's largest collection of tropical palms and cycads while paying homage to a variety of cultural styles, including French and Roman design. Among the more interesting displays is the Butterfly Garden - a series of maroon and green plants that swirl around the gray sidewalks to create a pattern similar to that seen on butterfly wings. Nong Nooch even has its own version of Stonehenge, consisting of hundreds of rocks laced around meticulously manicured shrubbery.
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Thanks for posting the photos of many beautiful gardens!
Gardening is therapeutic. I hope that when you re-do your Nanay's garden, it will be a rewarding and calming experience for you.
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Jardin Exotique
Location: Monaco
Background: Opened to the public in 1933, Le Jardin Exotique, or the Exotic Garden, is home to an array of cacti and other succulents. If visitors grow tired of hundred-year-old cacti and plants imported from Africa, Mexico and the Arabian Peninsula, they can wander into the nearby cave and check out some stalactites, stalagmites and helictites.
Why It's Unique: While the Exotic Garden may seem like a traditional botanical garden, most of the plants are embedded in the rocky coastal cliffs of Monaco. Stairways carved into the terrain allow visitors to get a better view of the plants without having to scale the cliffs, and small observation areas provide astounding views of the coastline through the flora. The sublime climate of the region allows plants to bloom year round.
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Hanging Basket
Location: London, England
Background: In January 2009, Hotel Indigo opened in London's Paddington neighborhood, bringing along this monstrous flower basket.
Why It's Unique: Weighing in at more than a quarter of a ton, Hotel Indigo claims this is the world's largest hanging flower basket. The 20-foot by 10-foot basket hangs from 25 feet up in the air and took engineers three weeks to build and a solid day of work to install. Over 100 varieties of flowers and plants are in the pot, and, given London's reputation for rain, they will likely have a prosperous future. Gimmicky? Absolutely. Unique? Most certainly.
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Beautiful Gardens of South Africa (http://www.expatify.com/south-africa/beautiful-gardens-of-south-africa.html)
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South Africa (http://www.expatify.com/south-africa) is an amazing place for the variety of amazing natural flora both in the bush as well as in private and public gardens. There are many public gardens of interest to both locals and tourists; the gardens listed below are a good selection to start. Even if you are not an avid gardener what a great way for an expat to explore the South African natural beauty!
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Thanks for posting the photos of many beautiful gardens!
Gardening is therapeutic. I hope that when you re-do your Nanay's garden, it will be a rewarding and calming experience for you.
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thanks a lot gAn...I really miss Nanay with these pictures
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1. Country Style Garden With An Outdoor Room (Image 1 of 13)
Want a garden that's bursting with interest, plus extra living space within it? If you've got the space, you can zone your garden, just as you would a room indoors. In this way, you will make your garden feel larger, and it will be much more interesting to enjoy. If there's room, it's worth getting permission to put in an outdoor room, too. You can use it as a home office, a space for relaxation or for essential storage.
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Country Garden With Outdoor Room
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Wherever you have your seating space, and however full of pots and foliage, ensure the view is interesting. Here, the patio pots give way to lawn, then a border, then a small tree, then another seating area. Providing a view will draw the eye down the garden and make it feel longer.
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9. Make Its Architecture Interesting
Garden buildings, subject to planning issues, can be more whimsical than your home - note the porthole window in this building. However, it will work best if it's built from materials that match or suit those of your house. Here, the brickwork matches those of the original garden wall and the house itself. All this help it blend into the garden.
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Thanks, tcha!
I enjoy viewing the photos of various gardens...all beautiful in different ways.
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12/19/11, 02:31 AM
In my opinion, the best way to decorate your garden is to use some great lighting. I would like to share that there are many types and shapes of lights which you can install in your garden to make it more beautiful and attractive.
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