Bridal Dress. Waterfall at Benmore Botanical Garden. Nature of Scotland
by Jenny Rainbow
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Bridal Dress. Waterfall at Benmore Botanical Garden. Nature of Scotland
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Jenny Rainbow
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Bridal Dress. Waterfall at Benmore Botanical Garden. Nature of Scotland by Jenny Rainbow.
Benmore Botanic Garden, formerly known as the Younger Botanic Garden, is a large botanic garden situated between Dunoon and Loch Eck, in Argyll, Scotland.
It features a large square walled gardens, a waterfall, the remains of a fernery, ponds and walks up the hillside to where you can look out across the Holy Loch. A cafe can be found at the entrance as well as a shop.
Benmore features many magnificent trees, some of which are over 150 years old. On first entering the garden you are greeted by an imposing avenue of Giant Sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum) plus several Douglas-firs (Pseudotsuga menziesii). The impressive avenue was planted in 1863 and several of the trees exceed 45 metres (148 ft) in height. Benmore contains one of the finest collections of plants from Bhutan including numerous rhododendrons. Many of the garden's original plants were grown from seed collected by famous plantsmen such as Ernest Wilson and David Douglas from their travels to Asia and Pacific North America. Some of these plant collectors were sponsored by the garden's original owners, the Younger family, who largely made their wealth from brewing.
In Feng Shui, water is related to money. Images of waterfalls can helps us connect with the never-ending flow of universal abundance.
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December 28th, 2012
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