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The good garden blog is about sharing garden inspiration and ideas from historic gardens around the world and some right next door.  Garden stories explore garden history, design, and the garden people behind famous and not-so-famous gardens.  My garden photographs span dozens of places across 5 continents.  Please join me in celebrating good garden design.

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De Tuynhuys

David July 14, 2016

During my visit to the Company’s Gardens in Cape Town South Africa, the architecture and landscape of De Tuynhuys, or The Garden House, caught my attention.  But it was the 300 years of history of the place that kept my interest...

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In French formal Tags Cape Town, South Africa, De Tuynhuys, Dutch East India Company, Rangton van Bali, Company's Gardens
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Company's Gardens

David January 22, 2016

If any garden completely embodies the history of its place, this one does.  This landscape tells several stories: of the founding of a trading post by the Dutch East India Company, of the displacement of the native Khoekhoen people, of a garden and town built by slaves, of the country’s first synagogue, and of the establishment of the national government.  The Garden also...

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In Picturesque Tags Cape Town, South Africa, Company's Gardens
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