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Vaguely Escher-ish arches, but with saner gravity.
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(417x600, 43.5KB)		 The central area of the decorative section of the gardens.
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(800x541, 72.4KB)		 View through many arches into the chinese garden. It was really neat seeing this -- I've seen lots of Japanese gardens, but never a chinese one.
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(800x554, 66.7KB)		 A turtle in the Chinese garden.
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Pagoda in the Italian Renaissance garden.
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(411x600, 48.0KB)		 More flowers.
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(800x541, 22.0KB)		 Flower in the English country garden.
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(800x542, 31.2KB)		 The herb garden in the 'practical' section of the gardens.
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Some sort of vegetative fluff in the vegetable garden.
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(800x544, 44.3KB)		 More flowers. To be honest, I don't think I've ever seen one of these in England, but what the heck, it's the principle of the thing they were going for, I suppose.
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(800x554, 49.4KB)		 Long shot.
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Some shots from the gardens in Hamilton. These are well worth the visit if you're passing -- free entry, and they're as good as any gardens I've seen. Heck, even if you don't like gardens, they're worth a look, and I normally can take or leave that sort of thing.
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