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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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Chinese garden signs

David June 22, 2016

I love Chinese garden signs!  Actually, I love their wonderful sub-titles.  I realized when I traveled alone that not speaking the local language felt disorienting and isolating.  So  the occasional garden sign that featured English felt welcoming.   Best of all, Chinese translations are poetic, provocative, and fun.... 

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In Chinese Tags Suzhou, China, Garden sayings
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