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The Australian Garden: Chelsea 2011

Australian Garden: Chelsea 2011 Photo © Alice Joyce

The Australian Garden for Chelsea 2011: Inspired by the celebrated Australian Garden at the Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbroune, the design illustrates the importance of water traveling from the parched outback region on a journey through rivers and gorges to Australia’s East Coast. An evocative wall element effectively conjures up images of burnt ochre sand dunes. Design developed by Melbourne-based Jim Fogarty.

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Landscape Architecture

The High Line - New York City

Planting is under way for section 2 of The High Line, set to open on June 2, 2011.

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Garden Travel

Enchanting! Garden Gallery of Little and Lewis

Turquoise Lotus (Photos Courtesy Little and Lewis)

Traveling in the Pacific Northwest, in the Seattle area? After short ferry ride to Bainbridge Island, you’ll find the enchanting gardens created by Little and Lewis. Note: Open by appointment only. A lush exoticism characterizes the new garden, akin to the former setting created over an eighteen-year span. Dappled light plays over the garden’s tropical specimens and strongly architectural plants in containers, grouped around a stone-paved courtyard.

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