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Entries Tagged as 'Public Gardens'
Brine Garden Talks, Books, Seminar, etc.
October 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Art · Berkshires · Classes/Tours · Frogs · Northeast · Public Gardens · Winter
Snail Mounts: New, Old, Small and Large
May 26th, 2008 · No Comments
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The Elizabethan Snail Mount
The viewing mount at the Garden of Cosmic Speculation (see previous post) is of particularly illustrious ancestry, being a type favored by the Elizabethans who conferred upon it a typically emblematic meaning.
Sir Francis Bacon’s garden (c. 1620) had ‘in the very middle, a fair mount, with three ascents, and alleys, enough for [...]
Tags: Design Technique · Enlightening · Europe · Garden Blogs · History · Images · Large gardens · Public Gardens
New Tree View at Kew
May 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
Treetop walkway at Kew Gardens | Travel | guardian.co.uk
Treetop walkway at Kew Gardens (9 pictures)
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Stairway to heaven for tree lovers at Kew gardens
One hundred and eight steps up, tree top walk way provides new striking view of Londo
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The 200m-long walkway was designed by the architects of the London Eye
Photograph: Linda Nylind
Tags: Architecture · Europe · Public Gardens
On Borrowed Time: The Mount’s Deadline Shifts to October
May 14th, 2008 · No Comments
October climax set for The Mount – Berkshire Eagle Online
By Benning W. De La Mater, Berkshire Eagle Staff
Article Last Updated: 05/14/2008 03:00:18 AM EDT
LENOX — An agreement between The Mount and its creditors has staved off foreclosure and a May 31 deadline that would have forced Edith [...]
Tags: Berkshires · History · Museums · Public Gardens
Plants Raw and Cooked : Ethnic Food near the NY Botanical Garden
May 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Cuisines in Bloom – New York Times
Published: May 4, 2008
DUKAGJINI BUREKTORJA
(718) 822-8955; 758 Lydig Avenue (Wallace Avenue), Pelham Parkway; $; Article: 5/18/05.
This Albanian place may be the only restaurant in the city devoted entirely to bureks: savory pies that are the Balkans’ answer to pizza. They are convincingly good, stuffed with meat, spinach, or feta [...]
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