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The origins of Garden City started with the transfer of the property to John Lathers from Andrew Jackson for 160 acres (0.65 km 2) in October 1835.The city was patterned after the "garden city" concept that became popular in England during the 19th century, with most home sites sectioned off into 1-acre (4,000 m 2) plots to allow adequate farming area to support the family with fruit and ...
The Michigan Farm Garden, with heirloom vegetables, orchards, and figurative animal sculptures, provides families with the opportunity to experience the context of a 1930s farm complete with a 100-year-old barn and replica farmhouse from Lena (Rader) Meijer's childhood, and the Frederik Meijer Gardens Amphitheater, an outdoor musical and ...
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Farm Garden with Sunflowers (1907). Oil on canvas,110 × 110 cm (43.3 × 43.3 in). Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna. Items portrayed in this file depicts.
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan—also known as Upper Michigan or colloquially the U.P. or Yoop—is the northern and more elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; it is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac.
The gardens and hardy collections consist of several formal displays and outdoor plantings: Alexandra Hicks Herb Knot Garden [1] - modern version of a Tudor period garden, with hedges of the yew (Taxus x media 'hicksii') and boxwood (Buxus sempervirens ‘Green Gem’), as well as lavender (Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote’), creeping thyme (Thymus serpyllum), and winter savory (Satureja ...