A Little Time and a Keyboard: Garden
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Showing posts with label Garden. Show all posts

Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland, Oregon

Saturday, September 1, 2018


Lan Su Chinese Garden is a walled garden treasure right in Portland, Oregon.

Lan Su Chinese Garden is a walled garden treasure right in Portland. Exploring the garden, we could hardly remember that we were in fact in a city. From the moment you step inside, you are a world away.

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Scenes from the International Rose Test Garden in Portland, Oregon

Friday, August 24, 2018

International Rose Test Garden in Portland, Oregon is the oldest in the USA.

Established in 1917, the International Rose Test Garden in Portland, Oregon is the oldest continually growing public rose test garden in the nation. Situated in the "City of Roses," the garden was created to save species of roses from being lost to bombings during WWI. The garden is a lovely and vibrant maze of roses:
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Japanese Tea Garden in Geneva, IL

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Japanese Tea Garden

Tucked away in Geneva, Illinois is Fabyan Japanese Tea Garden. Fabyan Japanese Tea Garden is part of the Fabyan estate which was once home to wealthy businessman George Fabyan. The estate is on the Fox River and includes Fabyan Villa -- a home that was remodeled by Frank Lloyd Wright, the Fabyan Japanese Tea Garden and Fabyan Windmill. On this visit, we strolled through the Japanese Tea Garden.

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