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Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden
The Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden (Springfield, MA), a tribute to Theodor Seuss Geisel, features interpretations of his well-known and loved characters.
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Museum of Garden History – London
The Museum of Garden History, St Mary-at-Lambeth Church - London, reopened in November 2008 with a new name, The Garden Museum, and modernized interior exhibit spaces.
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Emily Dickinson Museum Landscape Renovation
Reconstructed mid-19th century landscape features unite Poet Emily Dickinson's home The Homestead and her brother Austin's adjacent home The Evergreens in Amherst, MA.
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Eastern Skunk Cabbage in Bog and Water Gardens
Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus), Virginia Native Plant Society 2009 Wildflower of the Year, is an early blooming native plant at home in bog and water gardens.
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Japanese Karesansui-style Gardens
The Japanese karesansui-style contemplative viewing garden at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) Boston, MA combines Japanese, New England and MFA elements and traditions.
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Morikami Japanese Gardens
The Morikami Gardens in Del Ray Beach, FL are a living textbook They demonstrate periods of Japanese garden history and design from the 8th to the 20th century.
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Japanese-style Landscape Gardens
A Japanese-style garden may be appropriate for small spaces. Consider how water, rocks and gravel, and plants influence and contribute to a Japanese-inspired landscape.
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Spring-blooming Bulbs Design Ideas
Planted together Narcissus (daffodil) bulbs and specialty (minor) bulbs lead to pest-resistant, perennial and naturalized landscape garden designs.
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Pest-proof Spring-blooming Bulbs
All daffodils are deer and garden-pest resistant. Daffodils planted with minor pest-resident bulbs create stunning and hardy spring displays in garden landscapes.
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Spring-blooming Bulb Designs Now
Midsummer is a good time to plan pest-free spring-blooming bulb gardens. Design combinations for all garden styles - containers, small patio gardens, or large spaces.
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VA Spiderwort in Natural Gardens
Virginia spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana), Virginia Native Plant Society 2008 Wildflower of the Year, is a long-blooming herbaceous perennial for native plant gardens
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Landscapes of Love
Five historic landscapes symbolize five extraordinary couples. Historic landscapes and landscape gardens chronicle the fashions and trends of the times that shaped them.
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Massachusetts Bridge of Flowers
The Bridge of Flowers in Shelburne Falls, MA, dedicated in 1929, adapted the idea of a New England garden by using a relic trolley bridge. Well worth the visit.
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Up-to-the-minute Echinacea Hybrids
Echinacea (coneflower) hybrids are up-to-the-minute plant breakthroughs. American plant breeders work to bring bright flower and plant color to landscape garden designs.
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Echinacea Selections in Landscapes
Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) selections and cultivars can enhance prairie and meadow gardens. These native N.A. plants tolerate some shade and moist soil.
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Colonial Homes and Revival Gardens
The House of the Seven Gables Historic Neighborhood and complimentary Colonial Revival Gardens result from foresight and actions of antiquarians Emmerton and Chandler.
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The House of the Seven Gables
The Turner House (House of the Seven Gables - Salem, MA), made famous by Nathaniel Hawthorne, overlooks an early 20th Century Colonial Revival Garden
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Hollister House Gardens – Rural CT
Hollister House Gardens (Washington, CT) demonstrate how garden designs furnished with plants matched to regional- and micro-climates allow garden landscapes to thrive.
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Beacon Hill Public Garden Spaces
Residents of Beacon Hill's North Slope (Boston, MA) and civic and government groups work to transform derelict spaces and passageways into neighborhood garden spaces.
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Hidden Gardens of Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill (Boston, MA) residents fashion hidden backyard gardens. Garden retreats come into being from small pieces of degraded urban soil and shaded settings.
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Historic Landscapes
Twentieth century New England garden landscapes show diversity that demonstrates society's expanding financial and social bases. Here are four such historic designs.
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Historic Landscapes and Gardens
Historic and traditional garden landscapes in New England range from colonial times to modern times. Here is a survey of selected 19th century landscape styles.
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Historic Gardens and Landscapes
Historic and traditional garden landscapes in New England range from colonial times to modern times. Here is a survey of selected 17th to18th century landscape styles.
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Killruddery Gardens' Victoriana
Ireland's Killruddery Gardens retain original 17th- 18th- and 19th - century garden features. Renovations, begun about 1840 and shaped by popular tastes, persist.
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Killruddery Gardens' 19th Century
Ireland's Killruddery Gardens retain original 17th- and 18th- century garden features. Early 19th century maintenance was ongoing; owners purchased cast-iron statues.
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