John Bennett
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Poetry Competitions
Poetry Competitions August 15 I know they are a lottery but one with better odds than Keno.
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Solitary Islands, multimedia event
Solitary Islands, multimedia event Coffs Regional Art Gallery Sat, Aug 31st 4pm Artwork, live music, video and poetry - with…
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Garden of the Humble Administrator, Suzhou
Garden of the Humble Administrator, Suzhou The earliest recorded Chinese gardens were created in the valley of the Yellow River,…
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Garden or the bush
Garden or the bush “I have never seen a garden though that came close to the perfection of the bush.…
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Stowe
Stowe The evolution of an English Baroque garden to a pioneering landscape park in Buckinghamshire Landscape was beginning to be…
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Stourhead
Stourhead Stourhead – An English landscape garden in Wiltshire built by a banker influenced by the Grand Tour. The genesis…
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Villa D’Este
Villa D’Este – a masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance Garden at Tivoli The typical Italian Renaissance villa looked down on the…
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Gardens
Gardens
Gardens “The gardens of ancient Egyptian nobility, the walled gardens of Persian settlements in Mesopotamia and the gardens of merchants…
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Docked, St Petersburg
Docked, St Petersburg Our first cruise (and probably last) was the cheapest way to get to St Petersburg and catch…
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Nevsky Prospekt
Nevsky Prospekt The Oxford Street of St Petersburg was expensive, judging by looking into a MacDonald’s window at the price…
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