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Archive for March, 2008

A late 18th century Sanssouci-Texel connection?

Posted in Continuous Research, Current Affairs, Garden History, Striking Similarities on March 15th, 2008 2 Comments »

Sometimes finding similarities between garden designs is just a matter of coincidence, or luck. Despite that, it always results in a feeling of accomplishment which is deserved nor appropiate. It also tends to lead to more questions than answers, which is nice, but not very helpful. This is such a case. Browsing through one of [...]

Public auction of Eikenrode cancelled

Posted in Current Affairs, Garden History on March 14th, 2008 1 Comment »

Michael Jackson’s Neverland and Loosdrecht’s Eikenrode would never have been linked on this blog if it weren’t for the fact that they have been sharing similar fates during the last few months. Both estates were put up to auction by their respective banks in recent months, and both estates were able to avoid that public [...]