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Nashville: Interstate Packaging Arboretum: White Bluff: Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum: Knoxville: Louise Pearson Memorial Arboretum: Crockett County: Memphis Botanic Garden: Memphis: Oaklawn Garden: Germantown: Old Forest Arboretum of Overton Park: Memphis: Old Hickory Lake Arboretum: Old Hickory: Parris Powers Memorial Arboertum [4 ...
Cheekwood is a 55-acre (22 ha) historic estate on the western edge of Nashville, Tennessee that houses the Cheekwood Estate & Gardens. Formerly the residence of Nashville's Cheek family, the 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m 2 ) Georgian -style mansion was opened as a botanical garden and art museum in 1960.
Cooks' Cottage, also known as Captain Cook's Cottage, [7] is located in the Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne, Australia.The cottage was constructed in 1755 in the English village of Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, by the parents of Captain James Cook, James and Grace Cook, [8] and was brought to Melbourne in 1934 by the Australian philanthropist Sir Russell Grimwade.
The Fitzroy Gardens have been viewed as the flagship of this group of city gardens, which includes the Flagstaff, Treasury, Carlton and Alexandra Gardens and the Kings Domain. In a statewide context, while not as intact as the Royal Botanic Gardens or the Ballarat Botanical Gardens , the Fitzroy Gardens are an important remnant of the city's ...
Ouyen has a reunion of past and present residents on the second Sunday of February each year at Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne usual time at 11am at the south western corner of the gardens. A special anniversary on Sunday, 9 February 2014 marked the 50th gathering at the venue.
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1902 - William Guilfoyle, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne transforms the ornamental pond into a Japanese Garden. This garden is demolished after the Second World War. 1929 - management of the Gardens was transferred to the City of Melbourne. 1934 - Treasury Gardens was used by the community to celebrate Victoria’s centenary.
A life-sized bust of Mary Gilbert can be found at the Conservatory, in the Fitzroy Gardens. The sculpture was created by the Melbourne artist, Ailsa O'Connor (1921–1980). On 30 April 1837, Mary gave birth to a second son, Charles Phillip Gilbert, also fathered by her husband, James.