Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Chinese Garden in Zurich

 By Richard B. Primack 

 

Gardening is civil and social, but it wants the vigor and freedom of the forest and the outlaw.”  

-Henry David Thoreau in A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. 

 

In 1994 the Chinese city of Kunming presented the Swiss city of Zurich with an exquisite Chinese garden in appreciation for past help with developing its infrastructure.   

 

The garden includes many water features and plantings of evergreen plants, such as this bamboo.



This bridge to an island symbolizes travel between different worlds, such as the imperfect world to the world of perfection.



The garden includes open galleries where works of art are displayed


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