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The Désert de Retz, an Extraordinary is an 18th Century Garden near Paris, France
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The Desert de Retz, a romantic French folly garden. François Racine de Monville. The most romantic folly garden in Europe What's new? What's cool? Do you like follies? Do you even design follies? Don't miss Follydock IFCR! See a satellite photograph of Monsieur de Monville's Column House. Fed up with France-bashing? Miquelon.org fights...Historic Deepwood Estate - Salem, Oregon
http://oregonlink.com/deepwood/boxwoodgarden.html
Links to sites of garden and landscape history interest. Web pages.
http://www.magma.ca/%7Eevb/garden.html
A Short Dark History By Jacqueline Donnelly. "In order to appreciate the gardens you must sit quietly and see the invisible". Several old illustrations.
http://www.paris.org/Kiosque/sep96/tuileries.html
Home of Robert E. Lee
http://www.stratfordhall.org/gardens/history.htm
There were more than 100 gardens in Louisbourg in the 18th century, made by the French, in Canada.
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/louisbourg/garden.html
Full description of the gardens and their history.
http://www.jgc.co.jp/waza/a3_katsura/index.htm
Thomas Jefferson, America's Third President, designed the gardens and buildings for the University of Virginia.
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatours/gardens/gardensHistory.html
History, extensive photographs, links, tour and Friends'information for one of the oldest and best preserved walled gardens in Canada. Open to the public spring through fall. English and French versions.
http://members.tripod.com/maplelawn/english.html
Histories, descriptions and photos of villa and castle gardens in the Chianti zone of Tuscany.
http://www.gardens-of-tuscany.net