Bergamo - piazza Vecchia

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Looking down a walkway at the Portland Japanese Garden.

'Portland Hock' On Black

View showing covered seating area and interactive circles.

In the Heather Garden

Stepping stones crossing the forecourt pond.

View from the start of the giant paving path. Cracks would be planted with herbs & ground hugging plants etc

www.epifita.com

EPIFITA es un proyecto sobre adaptación natural. Es un conjunto de prácticas y técnicas vegetales que, a través del diseño de jardines, van dirigidas a incluir nuevos paisajes en nuestros espacios cotidianos.

¿Qué son las plantas epifitas?. Del griego Epi Sobre y Phyton Planta.

Son plantas que crecen sobre o dentro de otro vegetal, utilizándolo únicamente como soporte, pero sin parasitar a su anfitrión. es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epifita

Hemos tomado la esencia del funcionamiento biológico de las plantas epifitas como filosofía de trabajo, que reacciona y adapta pequeños trozos de naturaleza a las condiciones de vida que plantea nuestro entorno urbano, cada vez más contaminado y con espacios habitables más reducidos.

Por medio de soluciones innovadoras proponemos la creación de lugares vivos, confortables y ambientalmente coherentes, que propicien un incremento en la calidad de vida de sus habitantes. En nuestras ciudades ahora las plantas no sólo brotarán de la tierra, también lo harán a través del concreto, el asfalto y la piedra.

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Shelburne, Vermont USA • Shelburne Farms is one of the finest examples in the nation of a late 19th - 20th Century model farm and country estate. Created for Dr. William Seward and Lila Vanderbilt Webb, the estate is noted for its exemplary agricultural, architectural, and landscape design achievements. – National Historic Landmark plaque.

• A farm and country estate constructed from c.1886 to 1915, Shelburne Farms consists of approximately 1,300 acres of designed and agricultural landscape and significant wood-framed and masonry buildings representative of a combination of Shingle and Queen Anne styles. Four major buildings and 78 secondary buildings, structures, and sites are situated in functional groupings between broad expanses of cleared agricultural fields with rolling hills and isolated softwood plantations, hardwood and softwood forests, gardens, and rocky lakeshore. Eleven and a half miles of curvilinear interior roads and eight miles of walking trails traverse the varied farm and estate landscape, connect the resources, and provide views and vistas of Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains to the west and the Green Mountains to the east. Shelburne Farms lies at elevations between approximately 95 feet and 392 feet a.m.s.l. [above mean sea level]. Lone Tree Hill, the highest point on the property, rises from the center of the property and features panoramic views over the fields and forests to the lake and mountain ranges – From the Landmark Nomination form.

• Shelburne Farms is a nonprofit environmental education center and National Historic Landmark on the shores of Lake Champlain in Shelburne, Vermont. It is also one of the principal concert sites for the Vermont Mozart Festival.

The Shelburne Farms grass-based dairy supports a herd of 125 purebred, registered Brown Swiss cows. Their milk is made into an award-winning farmhouse cheddar cheese. The farm serves as an educational resource by practicing rural land use that is environmentally, economically and culturally sustainable. Visitors may enjoy the walking trails, children’s farmyard, inn, restaurant, property tours and special events. – From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

☞ On August 11, 1980, this Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places (#80000330).

☞ On January 3, 2001, the National Park Service designated this Historic District a National Historic Landmark (#80000330), making it the newest Landmark in Vermont.

National Historic Landmarks are nationally significant historic places designated by the Secretary of the Interior because they possess exceptional value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the heritage of the United States. Today, fewer than 2,500 historic places bear this national distinction. – [And one of only 17 in Vermont.] – Working with citizens throughout the nation, the National Historic Landmarks Program draws upon the expertise of National Park Service staff who work to nominate new landmarks and provide assistance to existing landmarks.

National Historic Landmarks are exceptional places. They form a common bond between all Americans. While there are many historic places across the nation, only a small number have meaning to all Americans -- these we call our National Historic Landmarks. – from the National Park Service.

• More info: The GeoHack for 44°23′31.69″N 73°15′26.04″W. ∞ Here are the websites for Shelburne Farms, and The Inn at Shelburne Farms. ∞ Here's a nice aerial shot from the Find a Museum page by folks at The Vermont Museum and Gallery Alliance.

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In July, 2010, I started a project to visit and document all seventeen Landmarks in Vermont. Here they are (in order of designation by the National Park Service):

[01] 09/22/60 – JUSTIN S. MORRILL HOMESTEAD, Strafford, Orange County

[02] 01/28/64 – TICONDEROGA (Side-paddle-wheel Lakeboat), Shelburne, Chittenden County

[03] 06/23/65 – CALVIN COOLIDGE HOMESTEAD DISTRICT, Plymouth Notch, Windsor County

[04] 12/21/65 – EMMA WILLARD HOUSE, Middlebury, Addison County

[05] 11/13/66 – ROBBINS AND LAWRENCE ARMORY AND MACHINE SHOP, Windsor, Windsor County

[06] 06/11/67 – GEORGE PERKINS MARSH BOYHOOD HOME, Woodstock, Windsor County

[07] 05/23/68 – ROBERT FROST FARM, Ripton, Addison County

[08] 12/30/70 – VERMONT STATEHOUSE, Montpelier, Washington County

[09] 11/28/72 – MOUNT INDEPENDENCE, Orwell, Addison County

[10] 12/20/89 – STELLAFANE OBSERVATORY, Springfield, Windsor County

[11] 11/04/93 – NAULAKHA (Rudyard Kipling House), Dummerston, Windham County

[12] 06/19/96 – OLD ROUND CHURCH, Richmond, Chittenden County

[13] 06/19/96 – ST. JOHNSBURY ATHENAEUM, St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County

[14] 12/09/97 – ROKEBY, Ferrisburgh, Addison County

[15] 05/16/00 – ROCKINGHAM MEETING HOUSE, Windham County

[16] 05/16/00 – SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY HALL, Barre, Washington County

[17] 01/03/01 – SHELBURNE FARMS, Shelburne, Chittenden County

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☞ More photos of this and other National Historical Landmarks.

High tide and early morning light reveals estuary surface colours split by the serpentine boardwalk. It's the same water so you may speculate on the shift in colour. Beree Badalla Boardwalk and conservation area in the Currumbin Creek Estuary.

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The High Line ts а name of a new elevated park, built on a 1930s freight rail structure. It runs along the streets inside the city.

The railway track was abandoned with the arrival of highway roads and the use of big trucks. It was planned to be demolished, but the local community decided to fight it back. High Line offers views of neighboring streets in Manhattan that attract many tourists.

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High school extension in Horsens, Denmark.

Architecture & landscape design by C.F. Møller Architects

Mondo Verde, Partical Replica of the "Palacio dos Marquises da Fronteira", Explored #361, 27th August 2023

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From the grotto at Stourhead, looking out across the lake towards the bridge and gardens.

"What nature leaves imperfect, art perfects"

With all the rain during winter this flowerbed needed to be redone. I chose to keep it simple. Then when viewing it from the second story porch, I decided to take a wide angle photo. I think it will look nice when it matures, yet not be too tall for the lower porch.

A lovely lake surrounding twin office buildings. I think I would be day dreaming looking down at this from an office....perhaps it promotes creativity.

I worked on the exteriors of this project and created the pools.

The High Line park, on top of an old railway track,

combines art and nature. More information on

Piet Dolf and the "High Line Walk" in New York

Aerial view of Mountain View Cemetery, a 226 acre oasis of serenity in Oakland, California.

Designed by Frederick Law Olmstead, who also designed Central Park in New York City, this local treasure is used by many for walking, jogging, or just hanging out in a peaceful and beautiful setting.

Many famous people are buried here, among them Charles Crocker (the railroad and banking tycoon) and Samuel Merritt (founder of Merritt Hospital and the donor to Oakland of beautiful Lake Merritt). Their large vaults are seen in the top center of this photograph.

Also buried here are Henry J. Kaiser (the steel and shipping tycoon) and architects Julia Morgan (Hearst Castle) and Bernard Maybeck (Palace of Fine Arts).

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This photograph has been selected as a finalist in the Irv Schankman Memorial Photography Contest. It will be on display in Gallery 210 at the University of Missouri, Saint Louis (UMSL) from June through October 2007.

Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, Saint Louis, Missouri.

architect: Eero Saarinen, Saarinen & Saarinen.

landscape architect: Dan Kiley.

Photograph by Andrew Raimist, 2006.

Brazilian artist Roberto Burle is perhaps best known for design of this wavy stone promenade, Copacbana Beach, Rio de Janeiro.

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Another view of the pond at the Grand Palace of Karangasem in Amlapura, east Bali.