Surf these sites: Ascog Fernery -- Restored 19th-century fernery on Isle of Butte in the Clyde Estuary. Bartram Gardens -- John Bartram home and gardens. He was the man most responsible for propagating the science of botany in the New World. Boxwood Garden -- Historic Deepwood Estate - Salem, Oregon Claymont Garden History -- The garden at Claymont Court was established in the 1820''s following the construction of the mansion house. Bushrod Washington''s slaves labored to create the walls and terracing still seen today. The garden was originally used both to grow food for the household as well as flowers to beautify the home and landscape Dovecote -- History of Cobham, Surrey garden which forms part of the original estate belonging to the noted Victorian gardener, Theresa Earle; with virtual tour. Désert de Retz -- Description and photographs of a romantic 18th-century folly garden near Paris, with a chronology and bibliography of its creator François Racine de Monville, by Ronald Kenyon. Garden History Links -- History of gardening links from Edwinna von Baeyer''s Web pages. Garden History at Stratford Hall Plantation -- Home of Robert E. Lee History of Kane''ohe -- Kane''ohe, in Hawaiian is "kane" man, and "ohe" bamboo. It holds the only true lagoon on O''ahu with twenty miles of shoreline. The Plantation and Gardens was founded by former Senator Hiram Leong Fong, first Asian American to serve in the U.S. Senate Katsura Rikyu Garden -- Full description of the gardens and their history Maplelawn Historic Garden (Ottawa, Canada) -- History, extensive photographs, links, tour and Friends''information for one of the oldest and best preserved walled gardens in Canada. Open to the public spring through fall. English and French versions. Mary''s Gardens -- Mary''s Gardens was founded in 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to research the hundreds of flowers named in medieval times as symbols of the life, mysteries and privileges of the Blessed Virgin Mary Medieval Garden at Immanuel Lutheran Church -- Immanuel''s garden sprang from the desire for something relevant to the life of the church. As far as we know, this is the only private, recreated medieval garden in the USA. Illustrated. Museum of Garden History -- The world''s first Museum of Garden History is at the restored church of St Mary-at-Lambeth next to Lambeth Palace, the London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. National Trust Garden History Round-up 1998-99 -- personalities and progress in the UK National Trust gardens Old Rose Garden History -- Jim Syring in June of 1995 and his collection of old roses which was planted at "Smitherwood", the home of Judge and Mrs. Selwyn Smith, in Manassas, Virginia. Pavilion Gardens -- Thomas Jefferson, America''s Third President, designed the gardens and buildings for the University of Virginia. The Gardens -- There were more than 100 gardens in Louisbourg in the 18th century, made by the French, in Canada. Tuileries Gardens - Paris -- A Short Dark History By Jacqueline Donnelly. "In order to appreciate the gardens you must sit quietly and see the invisible". Several old illustrations. Upton Grey Garden -- The famous fully-restored 1908 Gertrude Jekyll garden in Upton Grey, Hampshire, England
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