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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Selection of beautiful gardens

In Japan the nighttime viewing of cherry blossoms in spring, like these at Kyoto’s Hirano Shrine, is a special event. “The cherries’ only fault: the crowds that gather when they bloom,” wrote Saigyo, a 12th-century poet. National  Geographic


Jade spires of bamboo flank a path curving up to Kodai-ji Temple in Kyoto. The murmur of wind filtering through a bamboo grove is one of a hundred sounds the Japanese want preserved. National Geographic


An Islamic garden, it is said, is a palace without a roof. Enthralled with the art of Islam, heiress Doris Duke created Shangri La, her estate in Honolulu. The central courtyard, with its antique Persian tiles, separates public and private space.

With permission of Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art. National Geographic


When a freak freeze killed the orchid collection on his Mexican estate, English eccentric Edward James created Las Pozas, a garden with surreal follies like the concrete Bamboo Palace—durable and immune to the vagaries of weather. National Geographic

Part of the gardens in San Juan Capistrano, California. Photo by Myriam B. Mahiques
April 2013

See a beautiful gallery of Las Pozas pictures in Facebook:

Las Pozas. San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Google images

Las Pozas. San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Google images

The Rock Garden At Leonardslee Gardens In England. From nature-talk.com

Kew Gardens, Surrey, England. From placespill.blogspot.com

The garden of beautiful speculations. By Charles Jencks and Maggie Keswixk, Scotland. From 
http://all-that-is-interesting.com/worlds-most-beautiful-gardens

The garden of beautiful speculations. By Charles Jencks and Maggie Keswixk, Scotland. From 
http://all-that-is-interesting.com/worlds-most-beautiful-gardens


From http://thetiredtory.blogspot.com/2013/02/beautiful-gardens-designs-ideas.html

From Beautiful gardens in Japan 20

Google images

Enchanted garden. From http://gurillagardening.blogspot.com/2010/04/beautiful-gardens.html

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