In Japan the nighttime viewing of cherry blossoms in spring, like these at Kyoto’s Hirano Shrine, is a special event. “The cherries’ only fault: the crowds that gather when they bloom,” wrote Saigyo, a 12th-century poet. National Geographic
Jade spires of bamboo flank a path curving up to Kodai-ji Temple in Kyoto. The murmur of wind filtering through a bamboo grove is one of a hundred sounds the Japanese want preserved. National Geographic
An Islamic garden, it is said, is a palace without a roof. Enthralled with the art of Islam, heiress Doris Duke created Shangri La, her estate in Honolulu. The central courtyard, with its antique Persian tiles, separates public and private space.
With permission of Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art. National Geographic
When a freak freeze killed the orchid collection on his Mexican estate, English eccentric Edward James created Las Pozas, a garden with surreal follies like the concrete Bamboo Palace—durable and immune to the vagaries of weather. National Geographic
Part of the gardens in San Juan Capistrano, California. Photo by Myriam B. Mahiques
April 2013
See a beautiful gallery of Las Pozas pictures in Facebook:
Las Pozas. San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Google images
Las Pozas. San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Google images
The Rock Garden At Leonardslee Gardens In England. From nature-talk.com
Kew Gardens, Surrey, England. From placespill.blogspot.com
The garden of beautiful speculations. By Charles Jencks and Maggie Keswixk, Scotland. From
http://all-that-is-interesting.com/worlds-most-beautiful-gardens
The garden of beautiful speculations. By Charles Jencks and Maggie Keswixk, Scotland. From
http://all-that-is-interesting.com/worlds-most-beautiful-gardens
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From http://thetiredtory.blogspot.com/2013/02/beautiful-gardens-designs-ideas.html
From Beautiful gardens in Japan 20
Google images
Enchanted garden. From http://gurillagardening.blogspot.com/2010/04/beautiful-gardens.html
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