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The National Botanic Gardens, Kilmacurragh (Irish: Garraithe Náisiúnta na Lus, Cill Mochura) is a garden and arboretum outside Wicklow Town, County Wicklow, Ireland. It is a satellite of the main National Botanic Gardens located in Glasnevin, County Dublin. The 52 acre gardens are situated 5 km from exit 18 on the M11 motorway.
The gardens are also responsible for the arboretum at Kilmacurragh, County Wicklow, a centre noted for its conifers and calcifuges. This is located some 50 kilometres (31 miles) south of Dublin. A gateway into Glasnevin Cemetery adjacent to the gardens was reopened in recent years.
This is a list of community gardens in New York City, sorted by borough. There are over 500 public community gardens, including numerous urban farms, across the five boroughs of the city. [1] [2] Since the 1960s, community gardens have been developed and maintained on vacant lots throughout the city. [3]
Sunnyside is a neighborhood in the western portion of the New York City borough of Queens. It shares borders with Hunters Point and Long Island City to the west, Astoria to the north, Woodside to the east and Maspeth to the south. It contains the Sunnyside Gardens Historic District, one of the first planned communities in the United States. [2]
A second proposed sale of over 600 gardens included land use restrictions that developers needed to use some of the land for 'civic functions.' [4] [5] [11] In 2000, the city sent bulldozers to level an unprotected Esperanza Garden, a community garden located in the Lower East Side which was founded in 1978. [12]
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The small stone humpback bridge is a common place for tourists to stop and view the County Wicklow scenery. [citation needed] There is a trout fishery in the village with a 4-acre (16,000 m 2) lake where one can fly or bait fish. A separate fishing pond for children allows them to catch brown and rainbow trout. [4] [5] [6]
The idea for the two 550-foot long reflecting pools came from the canals at Château de Courances, and stocked fish for the house. Also constructed during the 4th Earl's ownership was a summer house , pleasure garden , cherry garden, kitchen garden, gravel walks, a bowling green , a walled garden with fruit trees, a ha-ha , avenues , ponds ...