The garden suffered extensive damage throughout the Second World War.

The original Rose Garden, designed by Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe for the Astor family in the early 1960s has since suffered from rose disease and has been replanted as a " secret " garden of herbaceous plants.

In April 2012, Wheen suffered the loss of his entire book collection, his " life's work ", and an unfinished novel, in a garden shed fire.

Both the garden and the baradari, originally a 45-foot, three-storey square with a basement approached by fifteen steps, suffered extensive damage during the fratricidal Sikh wars and was only reclaimed and laid out according to the original plan during the British period.

Cryer died at age 87 following surgery for a broken hip suffered when he tripped over a garden hose at his house in Los Angeles.

Sydney had recently suffered outbreaks of the bubonic plague in overcrowded parts of the inner city and the garden suburb movement was a response to that, encouraging fresh air.

The garden subsequently suffered from neglect and was damaged several times until, in 1935, it was listed as a national property of Iran.

Before placing the Tritons in this new location, at the side garden where the Royal Airforce War Memorial is situated, studies will be conducted on the best way to treat and restore the fountain to its original glory reversing the considerable damage it has suffered over time as a result of pollution as well as the notorious incident when the fountain was unwisely and harmfully used as a performance platform. To date the Ministry responsible has however not announced any such studies to the local media. Considering that this is a sensitive cultural issue this apparent lack of regard for the collective conscious has not been received positively. This is the second time that the Renzo Piano project for Valletta has engendered controversy.

`` The cannery '', said Mrs. Lewellyn Lundeen, an active booster of the cannery since its opening during the war and rationing years of 1941, to handle the `` victory garden '' produce, `` is a service to the taxpayer.

This was the site of his outdoor botanical garden that was renowned during his lifetime and rivaled Hortus Cliffortianus, the garden of his friend and sponsor to Linnaeus.

After World War II ( with early references, in ironical use, from the late 1930s ) the diminutive figurines introduced as lawn ornaments during the 19th century came to be known as garden gnomes.

The image of the gnome changed further during the 1960s to 1970s, when the first plastic garden gnomes were manufactured.

According to one tradition, during the Dissolution of the Monasteries his body was thrown into the nearby River Soar, although other evidence suggests that a memorial stone was visible in 1612, in a garden built on the site of Greyfriars.

The nickname and the garden are among the details about the former Iraqi leader that emerged during a 27 March 2008 tour of prison of the Baghdad cell where Saddam slept, bathed, and kept a journal in the final days before his execution.

The estate has over 4. 65 hectares of garden and parkland for exploring and relaxing, and the house has been restored to reflect life during King's era.

The term Rococo may also be interpreted as a combination of the word " barocco " ( an irregularly shaped pearl, possibly the source of the word " baroque ") and the French " rocaille " ( a popular form of garden or interior ornamentation using shells and pebbles ), and may be used to describe the refined and fanciful style that became fashionable in parts of Europe during the eighteenth century.

Although the exact date of the construction of the garden is not clear, historical evidence suggests it was constructed during the Seljuk Dynasty on the orders of the celebrated Seljuk monarch Sanjar.

Trying to calm her mind, during Fersen's first visit, and later after his return on 7 June 1784, the queen occupied herself with the creation of the Hameau de la reine, a model hamlet in the garden of the Petit Trianon with a mill and 12 cottages, 9 of which are still standing.

Perhaps the extreme in this philosophy was reached during the 1940s and early 1950s, when the now-defunct True Temper corporation-a maker of garden tools-marketed a line of trolling rods of 4. 5 to 5 ft length made of tempered steel which were square in cross section.

It was during his tours with Manpower, and his creative roles within the production, that Durie began to develop his interest in garden design and architecture.

Property was succeeded inside the mother-line: " The ownership of trees in the village grove and ownership in garden plots is ceded by the father to his son during the lifetime of the former.

Uninjured in the initial shaking, the four-year-old Ansel Adams was tossed face-first into a garden wall during an aftershock three hours later, breaking his nose.

At the time everyone marvelled at having indoor toilets and a private garden, although the sash windows were extremely draughty, there was no insulation in the attics, and during the winter months very few people could afford enough coal to heat the bedrooms.

Privet hedges ( referred to as " evers ") were planted along the pavements at the end of every front garden and during the spring and summer months a squad of gardeners were employed to keep them in regulation height.

Inspired by Dinsmoor, local resident Florence Deeble constructed a rock garden around her home, using rocks acquired during her travels to construct works representing places she visited.

The Japanese style roof garden on top of the Brunei Gallery was built during the Japan 2001 celebrations and was officially opened by the sponsor, Haruhisa Handa, an Honorary Fellow of the School, on 13 November 2001.

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 plots to allow adequate farming area to support the family with fruit and vegetables.

Although more widely known for his activities outside of Ripon, John Aislabie, during his time as Member of Parliament for Ripon, created the Studley Royal Park with its water garden and erected the obelisk ( designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor ).

Richard de Rulos, who was Lord of Deeping Fen during the reign of William the Conqueror erected a strong embankment to prevent flooding of the meadows adjoining the river, which then became fertile fields and a pleasure garden.

The Black Bull in the Market Place, was allegedly drunk dry by Cromwell's troops on the night before the battle of Marston Moor during the English Civil War and has a 15th century well in the beer garden.

Once established in the garden, leeks are hardy ; many varieties can be left in the ground during the winter to be harvested as needed.

" That mysterious artist was truly gifted with the vision that perceives the Dharma-Body as the hedge at the bottom of the garden ", reflected Huxley. Temporarily leaving the chronological flow, he mentions that four or five hours into the experience he was taken to the World ’ s Biggest Drug Store ( WBDS ) where he was presented with books on art.

Following the armistice with Germany ending the First World War, the French army entered Metz in November 1918 and Philippe Pétain received his marshal's baton from French President Raymond Poincaré and Prime Minister Georges Clémenceau on the Esplanade garden.

The last prominent social event before the First World War was the inauguration of the Rosengarten ( rose garden ) by Princess Hildegard of Bavaria in June 1914.

Before the First World War the garden required the services of 22 gardeners to maintain it, but that war lead to the deaths of no fewer than 16 of those gardners, and by 1916 the garden was being looked after by only 8 men.

The thickness of its wall is thirty-two feet ; the height thereof between the towers is fifty cubits ; that of the towers is sixty cubits ; and the passage on top of the wall is such that four-horse chariots can easily pass one another ; and it is on this account that this and the hanging garden are called one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

The " New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening " ( 1999 ) points out that among the various kinds of organisations now known as botanical gardens there are many public gardens with little scientific activity, and it cites a more abbreviated definition that was published by the World Wildlife Fund and IUCN when launching the ’’ Botanic Gardens Conservation Strategy ’’ in 1989: " A botanic garden is a garden containing scientifically ordered and maintained collections of plants, usually documented and labelled, and open to the public for the purposes of recreation, education and research.

The county is home to the " Mineral City of the World ", Spruce Pine and Roan Mountain which includes the world's largest natural rhododendron garden, and the longest stretch of grassy bald in the Appalachian range.

Originally created as a memorial garden to the fallen in the First World War, the name refers to the practice of netting weird or " wares " to catch fish.

The church was destroyed through enemy action in World War II and its location and graveyard is now a public garden on the south side of the road.

The provision of adequate housing did not begin until after World War I, with the creation of modest dwellings of the garden suburb type.

Between the World Wars the transition was made from fruit culture to decorative garden plants and trees.

One such area is the Isabella Plantation, a stunning woodland garden which was created after World War II from an existing woodland, and is organically run, resulting in a rich flora and fauna.

The term victory garden is also still sometimes used, especially when a community garden dates back to World War II or I.

Other major influences include Liu Yiqing's Shishuo Xinyu or A New Account of Tales of the World, published in 430, and the Sanguozhi Pinghua, a chronological collection of eighty fictional sketches starting with the peach garden oath and ending with Zhuge Liang's death.

Most of the small businesses of Caerleon are near the common as is the Tourist Information Office and Town Hall which has a World War I and World War II memorial garden.

Heavenly Creatures contains over thirty shots that were digitally manipulated ranging from the morphing garden of the " Fourth World ," to castles in fields, to the sequences with " Orson Welles " ( Jean Guérin ).

The garden, the Hortus Palatinus, was constructed by Elizabeth's former tutor, Salomon de Caus and was dubbed the " Eighth Wonder of the World " by contemporaries.

The main burial ground was also severely damaged by German bombing during World War II, necessitating an expansion of the public park area in 1960, such that close to half of the former burial ground became laid out and maintained as a public garden with open access.