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"The National Botanic Garden of Wales is situated near Llanarthney in the Towy Valley, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The garden is both a visitor attraction and a centre for botanical research and conservation, and features the world's largest single-span glasshouse measuring 110 m (360 ft) long by 60 m (200 ft) wide.
The National Botanic Garden of Wales seeks 'to develop a viable world-class national botanic garden dedicated to the research and conservation of biodiversity and its sustainable utilisation, to lifelong learning and to the enjoyment of the visitor.' The Garden is a Registered Charity reliant upon funding from visitors, friends, grants and gifts. Significant start-up costs were shared with the UK Millennium Fund."
Source: wikipedia.org
The Sequoia Farm Kaldenkirchen is a 35,635 m² (≈ 3.6 hectares) arboretum near the town of Nettetal. Here, in the middle of the 20th century, the first systematic cultivation of all three redwood species in Europe took place. The site was used for several years by universities and as a biological station and since 2013 it has been owned by the non-profit "Sequoiafarm" association.
Source: wikipedia.de
The Sequoia Farm Kaldenkirchen is a 35,635 m² (≈ 3.6 hectares) arboretum near the town of Nettetal. Here, in the middle of the 20th century, the first systematic cultivation of all three redwood species in Europe took place. The site was used for several years by universities and as a biological station and since 2013 it has been owned by the non-profit "Sequoiafarm" association.
Source: wikipedia.de
"Cube houses (Dutch: Kubuswoningen) are a set of innovative houses built in Rotterdam and Helmond in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. His design represents a village within a city, where each house represents a tree, and all the houses together, a forest.
The houses in Rotterdam were designed in 1977 in a plan of 55, of which 39 were built.
The houses in Rotterdam are located on Overblaak Street, right above the Blaak Subway Station. There are 38 small cubes and two so called 'super-cubes', all attached to each other.
As residents are disturbed so often by curious passers-by, one owner decided to open a "show cube", which is furnished as a normal house, and is making a living out of offering tours to visitors.
The walls and windows are angled at 54.7 degrees. The total area of the apartment is around 100 square meters, but around a quarter of the space is unusable because of the walls that are under the angled ceilings.
In 2006, a museum of chess pieces was opened under the houses.
In 2009, the larger cubes were converted by Personal Architecture into a hostel run by Dutch hostel chain Stayokay."
Source: wikipedia.org
Hand made pottery by www.canterburypottery.com The map shows the location of the pottery and not the place where the photos were taken.
"Situated in the heart of the historic city of Canterbury, opposite the cathedral, you will find one of the city’s treasures. Established in 1963 Canterbury Pottery is run by Richard & Jan Chapman. In the studio at the rear of the showroom, this husband and wife team are producing beautiful handmade pottery at affordable prices."
Source: Canterbury Pottery
The objects shown were produced about 35-40 years ago.
Music: The Beginning or the End by Nicholas Mackin is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.