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#1 2007-08-25 12:06:41
- jack_sparrow
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The Dandy Pleasure Garden.
Dandies may not actually garden themselves but they surely enjoy a wonderful bit of artifice...
Here are some local (to me) suggestions:
http://www.rococogarden.org.uk/garden_walk.htm
http://www.manorhousegallery.co.uk/Rousham2.htm
http://www.baacorsham.co.uk/corsham1.htm
Do please add your own.
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#2 2007-08-25 15:04:35
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Re: The Dandy Pleasure Garden.
This is just down the street:
http://www.rbg.ca/
Not much as an edifice, mind you, but really first rate as gardens.
#3 2007-08-25 16:12:39
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Re: The Dandy Pleasure Garden.
Spent a lovely day here, exploring the grounds with two English nurses from Saudi Arabia:
http://www.sanbi.org/frames/kirstfram.htm
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#4 2007-08-26 01:27:27
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Re: The Dandy Pleasure Garden.
These architectural pleasure gardens have more than a little of the Dandy spirit too:
http://www.virtualportmeirion.com/
An miniature Italian village in North Wales?
Why not?
Edit: Lots of great pics in here:
http://www.virtualportmeirion.com/tours.htm
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#5 2007-08-27 11:12:19
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Re: The Dandy Pleasure Garden.
In North Wales again:
http://www.bodnantgarden.co.uk/flower.html
Architecture & artifice in the (once private) pleasure gardens of a man with a strong aesthetic streak.
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#6 2007-08-27 17:08:16
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Re: The Dandy Pleasure Garden.
Two books that I own deal with European gardens--one is entitled Venetian Villas and the other one is an older book about Great Gardens.
Anything in either of those books would be a fine place for a dandy to visit, or own. There's an especially nice example in Portugal that is described in the Great Gardens book.
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