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Lake Maggiore, Lago Maggiore, Canton Ticino, Switzerland, Svizzera, Alps, David Young, holidays, travel, tourism, scenery, Italian lakes, landscape, mountains, ferry, harbour, port, Isola di Brissago, Isole di Bressago, island, palace, gardens,
Lake Maggiore, Lago Maggiore, Canton Ticino, Switzerland, Svizzera, Alps, David Young, holidays, travel, tourism, scenery, Italian lakes, landscape, mountains, ferry, harbour, port, Isole di Brissago, Isole di Bressago, island, palace, gardens,
Lake Maggiore, Lago Maggiore, Canton Ticino, Switzerland, Svizzera, Alps, David Young, holidays, travel, tourism, scenery, Italian lakes, landscape, mountains, ferry, harbour, port, Isole di Brissago, Isole di Bressago, island, palace, gardens, sundial,
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garden; gardens; Japanese garden photos; Japanese garden designs; Japanese gardens; Japanese garden; red; moss; Japanese women Japanese garden; Japanese gardens; garden; gardens; Kyoto garden; Kyoto gardens; garden photos Japanese landscaping; pictures of Japanese gardens; images of Japanese gardens
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Japanese Maple and Autumn Colors at Koto-In Garden. Koto-in was established in 1601 by Tadaoki Hosokawa, a famous warrior under Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He studied Zen under the Daitoku-ji abbot, Seigan, and was a disciple of tea master, Sen no Rikyu. Koto-in is home to two famous tea houses, Shoko-ken and Horai.
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The Ruined Arch was designed as a mock Roman ruin by Sir William Chambers. It was built in 1759-60. Such follies were very fashionable during the 18th century as ornamental garden features. This folly however also served a practical purpose in carrying a carriage-way across what is now Kew Road. The arch has deteriorated over the centuries and is now more ruinous than when it was built.
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The Ruined Arch was designed as a mock Roman ruin by Sir William Chambers. It was built in 1759-60. Such follies were very fashionable during the 18th century as ornamental garden features. This folly however also served a practical purpose in carrying a carriage-way across what is now Kew Road. The arch has deteriorated over the centuries and is now more ruinous than when it was built.
Tofukuji Temple; rock garden; zen garden; Japanese garden; shrubs; square; squared; symetrical; Japanese garden; Japanese gardens; garden; gardens; Kyoto garden; Kyoto gardens; garden photos; Japanese landscaping; karesansui; Kyoto; garden; gardens; Japanese garden photos; Japanese garden designs; Japanese garden; Japanese gardens; Kyoto garden; Kyoto gardens; garden photos; landscape garden; Japanese landscaping;
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Tofukuji Temple in the outskirts of Kyoto is renowned for its autumn colors and four different gardens surrounding the 'Hojo" or meditation hall including this Zen rock garden.
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Tenryu-ji more formally known as Tenryu Shiseizen-ji is the head temple of the Tenryu branch of Rinzai Zen Buddhism, located in Arashiyama, Kyoto. The temple was founded by Ashikaga Takauji in 1339, primarily to venerate Gautama Buddha, and its first chief priest was Muso Soseki the famous Zen garden designer. As a temple related to both the Ashikaga family and Emperor Go-Daigo, the temple is held in high esteem, and is ranked number one among Kyoto's so-called "Five Mountains." In 1994, it was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Tenryuji - more formally known as Tenryu Shiseizen-ji ior "Temple of the Heavenly Dragon" is the head temple of the Tenryu branch of Rinzai Zen Buddhism. Sogenchi Garden, located behind Tenryuji Temple itself, is one of the oldest landscape gardens in Japan, retaining the same form as when it was designed in the fourteenth century by Muso Soseki.
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Antique Italian statuary in the Sunken Garden seen through green trees. The Elizabethan Gardens is a 10.5 acre recreation of a floral and herb garden from the time of the settling of the Roanoke Colony, under Elizabeth I of England. It is part of the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site on Roanoke Island near Manteo, North Carolina. For more information, see www.coastalguide.com/packet/lostcolony-croatan.shtml
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Ryoanji Temple garden is one of the world's best known gardens. The main attraction is its rock garden, the most renowned of its kind in Japan. The simple Zen garden consist of nothing but rocks and neatly raked gravel. Though the meaning of the garden's arrangement is unknown and up to each visitor's interpretation it is said that if you can see all of the 15 stones at one time you have reached enlightenment.
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The Temple of Bellona is a garden temple by Sir William Chambers, built in 1760 for Princess Augusta. It takes its name from Bellona, the Roman goddess of war and companion of the god Mars.
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Ryogen-in, the head temple of the South School of Rinzai-shu Daitoku-ji sect, has a collection of zen gardens including Ryogin-tei a Karesansui or Zen garden laid out in the early 16th century.
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Tenryuji - more formally known as Tenryu Shiseizen-ji ior "Temple of the Heavenly Dragon" s the head temple of the Tenryu branch of Rinzai Zen Buddhism. Sogenchi Garden, located behind Tenryuji, is one of the oldest landscape gardens in Japan, retaining the same form as when it was designed in the fourteenth century by Muso Soseki.
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This square area consists of 32 parterres outlined in clipped dwarf yaupon that are planted with seasonal flowers. The central focal point is the antique Italian fountain (shown here) and pool with a carved balustrade. Statues representing Apollo, Diana, Venus and Jupiter center each of the four quadrants of parterres. This exceptionally fine fountain and its statues are from the Whitney collection. The Elizabethan Gardens is a 10.5 acre recreation of a floral and herb garden from the time of the settling of the Roanoke Colony under Elizabeth I of England, which later became the Lost Colony, located near this site. It is part of the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site on Roanoke Island near Manteo, North Carolina. For more information, see www.coastalguide.com/packet/lostcolony-croatan.shtml
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Italian Water Garden, Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania, USA
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Yoko-en Garden at Taizo-in Temple displays both elegance and austerity - the basis for traditional garden landscapes, and can be called one of the Showa period's finest gardens. The landscape gardener Nakane Kinsaku designed this expansive garden. While difficult to see at a glance, great pains have gone into the details. An example of this is the spacious impression one gets when the garden is viewed from the front.
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Motonobu-no-Niwa Garden at Taizoin - Motonobu Kano, the Master of Zen and also a painter of the Muromachi period, designed this garden and as such, it retains a very graceful, elegant and painterly ambience, giving it a unique air. The background scenery of the garden consists mainly of camellia, pine, Japanese umbrella pine, and other evergreens, presumably planted to present an "eternal beauty" that remains the same throughout the changing seasons.
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Ginkakuji is a Zen temple at the foot of Kyoto's Higashiyama or "eastern mountain". The temple was formally known as Tozan Jishoji and built in 1482 as a retirement villa for shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa. A few years later, the Silver Pavilion was constructed, modeled after Kinkakuji's Golden Pavilion. Plans to cover the pavilion in silver were never realized yet the name Silver Pavilion stuck. The villa was converted into a Zen temple after Yoshimasa's death and is well known for its zen garden.
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Nanzen-in Garden at Nanzenji Temple is a strolling garden composed around a pond. Less austere than Nanzenji's main garden the centerpiece of Nanzen-in is a large rock in the pond representing Mt Horai which was a mythical dwelling place of immortal sages.
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Great Britain; GB; UK; United Kingdom; Wales; South Wales; Monmouthshire; Dewstow Gardens and Grottoes; Gardens; Welsh Gardens; Great British Gardens; Public Gardens; Lost Gardens; Buried Gardens; Hidden Gardens; Rock Gardens; Alpine Gardens; Grottoes; Ponds; Lakes; Water features; Plants; Flowers; Pulhamite; Underground; Tunnels; Sunken ferneries; Late Spring; Houses; Peaceful; Areas of outstanding natural beauty; AONB
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Dewstow Bog Garden with Gunnera and Bridge with Wisteria