Tembusu at Botanic Gardens The Tembusu tree is one of Singapore’s 161 heritage trees native to Singapore. It is also featured on the back of the Singapore $5 note. At more than a hundred years old‚ it has stood the test of time‚ a war‚ pests and the demands of generations of visitors to the Botanic Gardens. With a long bow branch upon which adults rest and children perch‚ it has also become a favourite photographic haunt for wedding couples‚ tourists and families alike. A hardy and long-lived tree
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“Explore The Secret Garden’s representation of illness and recovery.” The Secret Garden‚ written by Frances Hodgson Burnett‚ is a children’s story that has endured enormous popularity since its publication in 1911. The novel centres round a young and lonely protagonist‚ Mary Lennox. Mary’s journeys in The Secret Garden- both physical and spiritual- have been followed by child readers and often remembered long into adulthood. The text communicates to readers themes such as death‚ sickness‚ and
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Have you ever looked at your neighbors’ lawns and wondered how they keep their grass so green? Is it because your neighbors have some kind of secret serum that they are sprinkling on their lawn late at night? Or maybe you think aliens are sneaking around and zapping your neighbor’s lawn into good health. Well‚ however you think your neighbors are maintaining that prize winning lawn‚ the truth is to have a gorgeous lawn you have to understand how grass grows. Grass type‚ growth‚ proper maintenance
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Creating the Bog Garden: The Advanced Bog Garden 1. Dig the outlined bog to a depth of 12-14”‚ removing soil to form a basin. The bottom should be mostly flat‚ level‚ or slightly pitched. The sides should go mostly straight down. 2. If moles or tunneling rodents are a problem on the property‚ line the basin with galvanized hardware cloth‚ screening‚ or heavy‚ woven weed cloth/barrier. Use rot/rust resistant materials. 3. Line the bottom and sides of the basin with 4-6 millimeter plastic sheeting
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“If dreams can’t come true‚ then why not pretend.” Over the Garden Wall is one of the most perplexing‚ amazing‚ and classical shows on Cartoon Network. Removing it would be a tragedy for loving watchers‚ who tune every week for new episode to bring joy in their bleak lives. Over the Garden Wall should continue to be a prosperous show on Cartoon Network. It stands as one of the only shows on the network to include mysterious dark themes‚ suspense at every corner‚ and a strange‚ obscure story that
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Essay In a narrative‚ such as a novel‚ motifs are recurring structures‚ contrasts‚ or literary devices that can help to develop and inform the pieces major theme. The Serial Garden is a short story written by Joan Aiken. The Serial Garden is about Mark Armitage‚ a boy who dwells in and out of magical worlds. In The Serial Garden Aiken uses various motifs to promote and instruct the books proposition. A motif is an element that appears numerous times in a literary work. The motif of reluctance is
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Bruce Bryden Rose Garden. The piece explores the traditions of words‚ songs‚ and music brought to Canada by immigrants. Preformed by six mature dancers‚ I felt this artistic choice could express how Canada has grown and matured. One thing that interested me about this performance is the fact that Carol Anderson choreographed it to be specific to the rose garden. The garden has three main sections that the dancers explored‚ with the audience stationed at the front of the garden; there was an odd
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1775. The American Revolution ended on September 3rd 1783. Today I will be discussing three documents that I analyzed for this assignment. These documents lead to ending the American Revolutionary War which gave the Americans their freedom. The Olive Branch Petition was written by Henry Middleton. The document was intended for George III of England but he never got it. This document was written to explain to the king that the colonist were not happy about the policies that were being in placed
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The Garden of Earthly Delights painted by Hieronymus Bosch‚ depicts many vivid fictional scenes in triptych style. The right wing of the triptych depicts Hell and the causes of man’s downfall‚ which Dante wrote about in the Inferno. Dante tries to convey to all humanity the consequences of human actions and the levels of hell that he believes exist for different levels of sins. Dante divides Hell up into ten different circles‚ and there is an upper and a lower level of Hell. Dante and Bosch have
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I assume‚ she was trying to hug the intangible wind. Below the frieze was written this phrase in Italian dialect: “Benvenuti al Garden Of Bliss” It was undeniably going to be a prodigious exploration. I make haste and walk in the garden which was named Bliss. What I saw in there were no flowers which blossoms or verdure which put a mind to rest‚ but human bones scattered on the dusty ground. The sight
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