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for the glowing review! "Go ask Alice ... where all the best vineyard gardens are. She's an erudite charmer; you'll have fun!"

New York

Reflection and Dialogue: Eliasson Installation - Bard College

Eliasson Installation Detail - flickr photo by yooperann

Parliament of Reality is a permanent installation by artist Olafur Eliasson on the campus of Bard College, in the beautiful Hudson River Valley, New York. In this environmental artwork completed between 2006-2009, Eliasson achieves a clarity of design with elements focusing upon an island of bluestone encircled by a pond. Commissioned for the Bard College campus in upstate New York by the Center for Curatorial Studies, the setting is embraced by a ring of 24 trees. In the center of the pond, the island’s circular form resonates with distinctive stone paving, forming a 12-point pattern that references the meridian lines of nautical charts and the compass.

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New York

Ouldolf's Radiant Battery Gardens .. New York

At the southwestern tip of Manhattan, the gardens of Historic Battery Park rise up from a once neglected area of New York City. Since the completion of the Battery gardens, its rebirth so to speak in 2005, much has been written about the exuberant, flower-filled planting plan created by the brilliant Dutch plantsman, Piet Oudolf.

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Botanical Gardens

Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Cherry Blossoms & Native Flora

Spring .. Brooklyn Botanic Garden (ALICE JOYCE photo)

New York’s Brooklyn Botanic Garden hosts the annual Sakura Matsuri cherry blossom festival, a much anticipated event for garden lovers.

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