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Word of the day: disk

January 05, 2009 By: Garden Dictionary Category: Garden Dictionary

The center or cushion of a composite blossom, comprising many tiny florets packed close together. These make up the “eye” of a black-eyed Susan or daisy, for example.

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Suzhou Classical Gardens-world Cultural Heritage

January 05, 2009 By: huiya Category: Create & Plan..., Gardens - Japanese

Talking about China, you will think of the images of Chinese classical garden. Suzhou, a cultural and historical city in east China Jiangsu Province, is celebrated around the world for its elegant gardens. If you are a Chinese Gardens lover, don’t miss to go there.

Suzhou is also known as “Gusu city”, having the fame of “Oriental Venice” with more than 2500 years history. As the world of garden, Suzhou offers the best museum to show its ancient gardens which are the gem of classical garden architecture in south China and has been included in the UNESCO heritage list.   (more…)