A Better View: B l a c k M a g i c
A view of the French Gardens after the 'renovation'
You can view the entire Flickr Collection in the Save Duke Gardens group (Flickr Hive Mind)
Note: these eleven gardens are now lost, as far as it is possible to know. The trustees have permanently closed Duke Gardens. Saying "renovated gardens will reopen" was deliberately misleading and sloppy language that concealed the truth. Some sort of garden will be at Duke Farms. Doris Duke's indoor display gardens will not.
The glorious indoor display gardens of Doris Duke's Estate in NJ will be destroyed unless the Trustees are persuaded to reconsider before May 25th, 2008: see the Flickr group Save Duke Gardens. Please use the Save Duke Gardens web site to easily email your newspaper and the Trustees if you wish these gardens to remain intact.
These gardens are a labor of love and a work of art. Doris Duke spent years creating them, and would sometimes spend 16 hours a day working in them. They are being dismembered only 15 years after Doris Duke's death, on the 50th anniversary of their creation, by the Estate's trustees, who do not feel the gardens fit in with a modern Green vision.
Really.
The Trustees tell us the Gardens will re-open in a couple years. But what this really means is that a different orchid conservatory will reopen. Not this elaborate set of interconnected Display Gardens created personally by Doris Duke in honor of her father. They will be lost.
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Klaus Franck 45 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Art International, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
degrassifan [deleted] 44 months ago | reply
Beautiful. You've captured this well.
rafaelotero2001 44 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Beautiful photos, "Concurso HDR/Contest of HDR", and we'd love to have this added to the group!
vaquey 43 months ago | reply
gorgeous!
ruding2 43 months ago | reply
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Down to Earth - Out of this World 43 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called THE WINDOW FRAME, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Π • ј • ® [deleted] 42 months ago | reply
woow
very beautiful shot
^^
Chris Doss 41 months ago | reply
Wow, that is beautiful. I love the colors.
Gabriella Carta (Italy) 41 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Macro and wonderful shots, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
EU_Diaz [deleted] 41 months ago | reply
wowwwwwwwwwwwww perfect!
SimpleC Photos 40 months ago | reply
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JennySillie 39 months ago | reply
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winglessangel383838 38 months ago | reply
Positively gorgeous!
Mariavica17-© 37 months ago | reply
Wonderful image!
Congratulations!!
Alex Flint 35 months ago | reply
I stumbled upon this picture. I cannot believe that this kind of garden was willingly destroyed. it is a pity that I live in NJ and never visited it though I was passing Hillsborough daily for many years.
Inkaroads [deleted] 33 months ago | reply
¡¡¡Que buen trabajo!!! enhorabuena
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My Eye 33 months ago | reply
love it
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halayc 29 months ago | reply
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Geekstalt 8 months ago | reply
The bright floral colours against the almost monochrome background makes for a really striking composition.