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England

Picturesque Gardens of Mapperton .. West Dorset

Mapperton Gardens, Lawn, Topiary Photo © Alice Joyce

The Dorset landscape of Mapperton House and Gardens is especially wondrous on a late-Spring or summertime ramble. Considered to be one of Britain’s outstanding manor houses, Mapperton is distinguished by a warm, honeyed Ham stone facade; hearkening to the Elizabethan era, the architecture was altered to a grander scale in the late 1600s. A highlight of the entrancing grounds is a formal Italianate garden constructed in the 1920s. Presently the family estate of the Earl and Countess of Sandwich, Mapperton gives rise to this Fountain Court of exquisite beauty.

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Chicago

Millennium Park .. Chicago

Crown Fountain by Jaume Plensa Photo © Alice Joyce

Chicago – Growing Greener and More Vibrant With Each Passing Year. Millennium Park features the Crown Fountain, a multi-media sculpture with two 50-foot towers designed by Barcelona artist, Jaume Plensa; and the Frank Gehry-designed Pritzker Pavilion: An example of Frank Gehry’s exuberant architecture.

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Garden Travel

Rodriguez-Acosta Gardens, Granada

Granada - Rodriguez Acosta Foundation Pool Photo © Alice Joyce

If it’s a bit of paradise you’re after, Granada holds sway in a little-known garden secreted from the throngs that stream through the corridors of the Alhambra. You need only ramble down the road, away from the cacophony of tourist buses unloading at that magnificent monument. Along the narrow, winding streets to the Alhambra Palace Hotel esplanade, follow the marker pointing toward the Rodriguez-Acosta Foundation, its inconspicuous, worn wooded doorway set within a formidable streetside wall.

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