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Mackenzie’s father died a year or so after he was born. He was educated at home, in the tradition of his family, and brought up to speak both English and Gaelic. [1] In 1862, with the help of his mother he purchased the 12,000-acre (49 km 2) estate of Inverewe and Kernsary. [2]
Inverewe Garden is a botanical garden in Wester Ross in the Scottish Highlands. It is located just to the north of Poolewe in Wester Ross , and is noted for the breadth of its collection. The garden was created from barren land in 1862 by Osgood Mackenzie [ 1 ] [ 2 ] on the 850-hectare (2,100-acre) estate bought for him by his mother.
Jichang Garden is a famed Chinese classical garden in South China, and it was claimed as a national protected location of historical and cultural relics on 13 January 1988. Xiequ Garden (谐趣园) [1] inside the Summer Palace and Guo Ran Da Gong (廓然大公) (or, Double-Crane House 双鹤斋) in Yuanming Yuan in Beijing both imitated Jichang ...
A small grotto of scholar stones is in front of the library and individual scholar stones are located behind it. It is built on the site of the former Ten Thousand Volume Hall of the Song dynasty garden. The upper level is reached by cloud stair rockery. Inner Garden. A 667 m 2 courtyard connected to the main garden by the Fisherman's Retreat ...
The garden has two parts; a classical garden in the French style, with a circular basin, fountain, and lawns and tree-shaded alleys; and a lower Renaissance garden with fruit trees, flower beds and vegetable gardens laid out in geometric designs. The two parts of the garden are connected by an unusual stone stairway with two revolutions.
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Bartram's Garden is the oldest botanic garden to survive in the United States. [3] John Bartram (1699–1777), well-known in colonial American as a botanist, explorer, and plant collector, established the garden in September 1728 after purchasing a 102-acre (0.41 km 2) farm in Kingsessing Township, Philadelphia County for personal use. [21] [22]
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