Pleasure garden

In the hands of English Heritage, the care and restoration of the striking mid-19th-century garden of Brodsworth Hall, South Yorkshire, is producing truly impressive results, writes Tiffany Daneff. Photographs by Clive Nichols.

Not only is Atlanta Botanical Garden the loveliest place in all of Atlanta for those like me, who love nature dearly, but it's also a beacon of hope in a world plagued by environmental disasters, pollution, and a lack of scientific understanding. Equal parts research & conservation facility and pleasure garden, Atlanta Botanical Garden is the perfect place to get away from the hustle and bustle of downtown while learning about and supporting the Southeastern Center for Conservation's missio

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By David Blackwell A popular form of aristocratic entertainment in mid-18th-century London was to stroll round the city’s ornamental pleasure gardens, both those at Vauxhall (launched in 1732 with a masked gala) and its more fashionable rival, Ranelagh Gardens (opened in 1742 and now the site of the annual Chelsea Flower Show).

Vauxhall Gardens: A History David Coke & Alan Borg The Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens is one of the places I’d love to slip back in time to visit, just to catch a glimpse of what it was like. After …

The "Pleasure Gardens" of the 18th Century captivated the public with a heady mix of fantasy and vice. Over the centuries they evolved in a surprising way, writes Cath Pound.

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READ ABOUT THE THREAT Located on Roanoke Island, the gardens are situated on Sir Walter Raleigh’s 1584 colonial landing site. This early colony was funded mostly by Raleigh under the banner of Elizabeth l. By 1590 no residents of this “Lost Colony” remained.

Regional Gardens: Chanticleer Garden Chanticleer Garden, located in Wayne, Pennsylvania, about a three-hour drive from northern Virginia, is a wonderful destination for gardeners and non-gardeners …

At Cremorne Gardens, gruesome injuries and even fatalities occurred with some regularity—in full view of the Victorian public.

The Healing Pleasure Garden Urban Commons and WellnessSupervisor - Dr. Zdravko TrivicThe thesis is rooted in subverting the existing repression of women's autonomy in the gender-biased environment of the DRA in Geylang, Singapore. Informally legalized brothels in the context of Singapore and its performativity of sex workers have repeatedly oppressed the autonomy of sex workers, where its modus operandi subjects them to control & policing of the body, the male gaze and the condition of…

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Romance is an oil painting by artist Lucy Dickens in the rose garden of El Retiro Park, Madrid

Inject a little fantasy into your backyard. Sure, your backyard fairytale might not be as extravagant as these examples, but with a little bit of planning (and in many cases, a bit of patience) you...

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