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Ascog Hall Victorian Fernery and Gardens

http://www.ascoghallfernery.co.uk/

Discovery and restoration of a 19th-century fernery on the Island of Bute in the Clyde Estuary.

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Dsert de Retz

http://www.geocities.com/rwkenyon/

Description and photographs of a romantic 18th-century folly garden near Paris, with a chronology and bibliography of its creator Franois Racine de Monville, by Ronald Kenyon.

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Garden History Links

http://www.magma.ca/~evb/garden.html

Links to sites of garden and landscape history interest. Web pages.

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Gardens of Tuscany

http://www.gardens-of-tuscany.net

Histories, descriptions and photos of villa and castle gardens in the Chianti zone of Tuscany.

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Maplelawn Historic Garden (Ottawa, Canada)

http://www.maplelawngarden.ca/

History, extensive photographs, links, tour and Friends' information for one of the oldest and best preserved walled gardens in Canada. Open to the public spring through fall. English and French versions.

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Museum of Garden History

http://www.cix.co.uk/~museumgh/

Located at the restored church of St Mary-at-Lambeth next to Lambeth Palace in London, the museum offer activities and lectures. Our churchyard contains a recreation of a historic knot garden.

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Pavilion Gardens

http://www.virginia.edu/uvatours/gardens/gardensHistory.html

Thomas Jefferson, America's Third President, designed the gardens and buildings for the University of Virginia.

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The Gardens

http://collections.ic.gc.ca/louisbourg/garden.html

There were more than 100 gardens in Louisbourg in the 18th century, made by the French, in Canada.

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Tuileries Gardens - Paris

http://www.paris.org/Kiosque/sep96/tuileries.html

A Short Dark History By Jacqueline Donnelly. "In order to appreciate the gardens you must sit quietly and see the invisible". Several old illustrations.

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Upton Grey Garden

http://website.lineone.net/~uptongrey.garden/

The famous fully-restored 1908 Gertrude Jekyll garden in Upton Grey, Hampshire, England

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