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The Weight of a Petal: The Value of Botanical Gardens
The article describes the history of botanical gardens and looks at the contribution they have made to society.
http://www.actionbioscience.org/biodiversity/rinker2.html
Recreating Eden: A Natural History of Botanical Gardens
Recreating Eden: A Natural History of Botanical Gardens is more than pictures of beautiful flowers and landscape arrangements; more than a guide to some of the loveliest sites in the world; more, even, than a short and lively history of the development of the idea of a botanical garden. It is the story of mankind's search for the right place, a search which has been going on since our ancestors wandered on the plains of East Africa. Because of this, the book will appeal to the amateur historian and philosopher as well as the garden-lover.
http://www.geocities.com/marysoderstrom/botanicaleden.html
GRANDVIEW MEMORIAL PARK / HISTORY
A History of this modern Memorial Garden Cemetery.
http://www.grandviewmemorialpark.com
Festival of Houses and Gardens
Visitors are invited to explore the private interiors and gardens of more than 150 of America's most beautiful, historic homes during this month-long event. Walking tours, harbor cruises, plantation excursions and daily walking tours are offered.
http://www.historiccharleston.org
International Historic Films
British History and Culture. Famous British Gardens.
http://www.ihffilm.com
JGarden: the Japanese Garden Database
The Japanese Garden Database is intended as a repository of information on the historical and contemporary gardens of Japan as well as the gardens located outside Japan that have been inspired by the culture. It is a non-profit, educational web site that seeks to provide information on a selection of outstanding examples of garden art found in Japan while juxtaposing a diversity of media related to them. This juxtaposition is intended to bring about fresh insight to a body of discourse that can often be mired in romanticized and exoticized notions of Asia and the cultures therein.
http://www.jgarden.org/
UK Database of Historic Parks and Gardens
A searchable database of Historic Parks and Gardens in the UK.
http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/landscapes/ukpg/database/in...
California Garden & Landscape History Society
Background, activities and membership.
http://www.cglhs.org/
Open College of the Arts courses in garden design
OCA courses in garden design and other apsects of art (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc).
http://www.oca-uk.com/courses/garden_interior/gard_int_main....
Japanese Garden Journal
A bi-monthly English-language print publication dedicated to the world of Japanese gardening and architecture.
http://www.rothteien.com/
Thomas Mawson
A brief biography of his life from 1861-1933. His book, The Art and Craft of Garden Making, is widely accepted as the foundation of modern landscape architecture.
http://www.visitcumbria.com/mawson.htm
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
http://www.mgardens.org/
The Gift of Roses: Some Meanings for the Rose
Features information on the symbolism of fragrance, number of petals, and color.
http://www.rosegathering.com/meaning.html
Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney
The gardens occupy a position on the edge of Sydney Harbour.
http://www.rbgsyd.gov.au/
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