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The little white globes are part of the illuminations of Bruce Munro, a British artist, so there is an evening light show in the gardens, as well as the art exhibit in a portion of the house upstairs as well.\u00a0 Notice the bamboo.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a><\/p>\n

Directly beside the house is a fountain and a pool with faux swans in it.\u00a0 A lot less mess to clean up\u2026.<\/p>\n

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There are of course the expected annuals and perennials in the other gardens\u2026.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a> $\"\"$ <\/a> $\"\"$ <\/a> $\"\"$ <\/a> $\"\"$ <\/a> $\"\"$ <\/a> $\"\"$ <\/a> This tree was in the Japanese garden.\u00a0 There are some exotics in these gardens but mostly natives<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"