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Highlights from Issue 37 of Historic Gardens Review
| | | Editorial & News |  | Wesley T. Ward, the former Conservation Director, Trustees of Reservations, Massachusetts, argues that new plans by President Trump could eviscerate Theodore Roosevelt’s ground-breaking Antiquities Act of 1906.
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Anniversary
Remembering A Great Soul |  | Jill Sinclair reviews some of the many memorials created in the 70 years since the assassination of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi – the founder of the Indian nation.
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Optimist & Pessimist |  | In this section we bring you some good and bad news from around the world.
If you have news to share, please do get in touch. |
Flying Visits | 
| Kiwi Lynne Walker leads a group of Australian enthusiasts on a tour of gardens on New Zealand’s South Island.
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Gardens and Books from Around the World |   | Our garden reviewer visited Le Jardin Exotique near the Breton port of Roscoff and found it to be full of interest.
Most of our in-depth book reviews are now to be found in the four newsletters that subscribers receive each year. However, you can still enjoy a selection of the best recent books in the magazine.
Click on the link below to read some recent book reviews. | | Read More | 
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| | Politics and Pleasure |  | Hillsborough Castle is where the British royal family and dignitaries stay when visiting Northern Ireland. A redesign of the gardens presented its own challenges to landscape architect, Mark Lutyens.
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Saving Muromtsevo |  | The manor of Muromtsevo was one of the largest complexes established in the last years of the Russian Empire's existence. After years of neglect, the garden's prospects again look bright.
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Bathed in Beauty |  | The Portuguese Association of Historical Gardens and Sites was awarded a European grant of €1 million, which allowed ancient hydraulic structures in a dozen historic gardens to be restored.
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"This Little Paradise" |  | A study of aviaries offers an intriguing glimpse into cultural exchanges between 18th- and 19th-century China and the world.
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Growing Green Fingers | 
| Idealistic views of children’s gardening continue to charm, but are not always matched by reality. |
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