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Keukenhof Gardens
Singapore: Chinese Garden
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gardening: vegetables
Wollongong
Japanese contemplative garden
Blooming rhododendrons
Hadrian's Villa
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John Gerard, detail of an engraving, 1636
John Gerard
English herbalist and author
John Claudius Loudon
Scottish landscape architect