On to the Winterthur Garden:
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| The Reflecting Pool was once the du Pont family swimming pool, with changing rooms (KSS) |
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| The Reflecting Pool (by landscape designer Marian Coffin) with a view toward the mansion |
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| Pool outbuilding and a back wall with three brass grates covering hi-fi speakers that allowed enjoyment of music |
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| Glad Garden sundial |
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| The Glade Garden started as a rock garden (1920s, by Marian Coffin) with waterfalls |
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| Several small pools contain Cyprinus sp/Koi (KSS) |
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| A greenhouse complex (1903-1904) with some plants and then some sitting areas |
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| Papaver somniferum/Zahir Poppy (KSS) |
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| Still some rhododendron blooms |
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| Very tall trees in a garden that is mostly wooded |
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| A "burly" maple tree |
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| March Bank along the stream of Clenny Run is known for millions of bulb plants and early spring flowers |
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| Nature is taking over this bench |
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| Icewell Terrace is at the location of a former ice house |
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| Hydrangea arborescens/Smooth Hydrangea |
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| Enchanted Woods (1990s by W Gary Smith) was designed to look as if it were created by fairies |
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| Water's Edge frog fountain |
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| Begonia boliviensis |
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| Kids in a giant bird nest of woven branches |
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| Kent at the thatched-roof Faerie Cottage |
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| Inside the Faerie Cottage |
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| My dad put me in the well ... |
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| Kent pumps water into the trough |
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| Water spills from the trough |
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| Turtle sculptures |
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| Tulip Tree House is made from a hollowed tree trunk |
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| Chimes ring when you open and close this gate |
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| Kent, the sign clearly states, "Never ever step inside a fairy ring!" ... |
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| ... and look what happened! |
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| The Green Man emerges from the earth |
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| Near Oak Hill, Begonia grandis/Hardy Begonias have spread through the woods |
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| Hardy begonias are known for the reddish undersides of the leaves |
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| Lilium hansonii/Japanese Turk's-cap Lily |
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| Lilium martagon/Martagon Lily |
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| Quarry Garden (1962) with Primula beesiana/ Candelabra Primroses in pink and lavender |
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| Quarry Garden Terrace |
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| The Platanus occidentalis/American Sycamore of Sycamore Hill |
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| Sundial Garden (1955, by Marian Coffin) in the former family tennis court has an armillary sphere sundial |
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| Geranium x cantabrigiense 'Biokovo'/ Biokovo Cranesbill |
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| Chaenomeles sp/Flowering Quince fruit |
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| Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca'/Blue Atlas Cedar |
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| The needles of a blue atlas cedar |
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| Part of the Pinetum |
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