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Lion statues cross the Atlantic

HGimages: Belle Isle Park HGmap: Belle Isle Park HvdE 16 April, 2011 17 April, 2011Continuous Research, Fieldwork, Garden History, Striking Similarities, Unsolved Mysteries 4

Lion statues found at the Scott fountain in Detroit’s Belle Isle Park are inspired by ancient Egyptian statues now located in Rome. But copies of these Palatine lions already appeared in Europe decades earlier. The precise connection between them all remains uncertain.

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Garden bunkers unearthed

HGimages: Toorenvliedt HGmap: Toorenvliedt HvdE 10 April, 2011 25 June, 2014Current Affairs, Fieldwork, Garden History

While the World War II bunkers at Beeckestijn are buried forever, the bunkers at Toorenvliedt are made visible. One of them is even turned into a WW II information center. An idea to introduce at other locations?

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A small piece of Beeckestijn history

HGimages: Beeckestijn HGmap: Beeckestijn HvdE 31 March, 2011 9 January, 2014Garden History 0

There is a lot to tell about Beeckestijn at the moment, since it has entered yet a new stage in its development. The estate has finally been transferred to its destined owners: Natuurmonumenten and Vereniging Hendrik de Keyser. More about that and several other developments must wait, till I have…

Snow fells Pinus pinea at Hortus VU

HGimages: collection HGmap: overview HvdE 21 December, 2010 13 April, 2011Current Affairs 0

It never rains, it just pours, is what the good people at the Hortus of the Vrije Universiteit must be thinking. Although this time it came in the form of snow, and it didn’t shut down the garden.

Schaamgroen for Duinlust

HGimages: Duinlust HGmap: Duinlust HvdE 14 December, 2010 14 December, 2010Garden History, Planting 0

In the previous post I expressed my dismay about the abolishment of visually important elements in a Spanish park, after it was restored or renovated. But Spain is of course not alone in this. We have our own examples in Holland. A few years ago, for instance, things looked good…

Menkemaborg storm damage

HGimages: Menkemaborg HGmap: Menkemaborg HvdE 18 November, 2010 18 November, 2010Current Affairs 0

Falling trees missed the Pallas Athena statue at the Menkemaborg by a hair.

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Falling trees missed the Pallas Athena statue at the Menkemaborg by a hair.

Kew Gardens, 1771

HGimages: Kew Gardens HGmap: Kew Gardens HvdE 16 November, 2010 16 November, 2010Garden History 0

You have to love the interwebs: it is so great to have access to such essential sources as old maps of Kew Gardens. More in Kew Garden’s From the Archives set on flickr. And in their photostream, of course! Edited because I can’t even spell some 40 words correctly.

Representing the unknown

HGimages: collection HGmap: overview HvdE 6 November, 2010 8 November, 2010Current Affairs, Fieldwork, Garden History, Striking Similarities 0

The drawing of how the 2700 year old garden at Ramat Rachel (an amazing find) could have looked like, is actually an almost exact copy of an artefact in the British Museum.
Keep digging fellas!

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The drawing of how the 2700 year old garden at Ramat Rachel (an amazing find) could have looked like, is actually an almost exact copy of an artefact in the British Museum.
Keep digging fellas!

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Lion statues cross the Atlantic

Garden bunkers unearthed

A small piece of Beeckestijn history

Snow fells Pinus pinea at Hortus VU

Schaamgroen for Duinlust

Menkemaborg storm damage

Kew Gardens, 1771

Representing the unknown

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