tour: Gardens and Landscapes of Portugal

 A interesting upcoming tour:

                  Gardens and Landscapes of Portugal
                                 with
                              Tom Brown
                           May 10-23, 1997

 The characteristic Portuguese garden with courtyards, arcades and
 covered walks, has much in common with what is known of Roman villa
 gardens from the time of the great Empire that dominated Europe
 between the first century BC and fourth century AD.  The westward
 spread of the Moors in the eighth century left eastern influences in
 houses and gardens.  With the expansion of the Portuguese Empire
 from the sixteenth century onward, plants were brought into the
 country from newly colonized lands around the world and the mild
 climate allows cultivation of many delicate exotics.  Portuguese
 gardens today have water as a key element in design, and there is a
 prevailing tendency towards integration of palace and garden - one
 the extention of the other.  They have evolved as part of a
 tradition of art and craftsmanship touched with humor and whimsy in
 invention and decoration especially with tile work, in buildings and
 gardens.  Our tour, with Tom Brown, landscape architect and
 historian well aquainted with the Iberian Pennisula, as guide and
 lecturer, visits many historic palaces and public gardens typifying
 the horticulture of Portugal.

                     For detailed itinerary call:
                            Geostar Travel
               1240 Century Court, Santa Rosa, CA 95403
                    (707)579-2420 or (800)624-6633

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  H O R T U L U S  A P T U S - 'a small garden suited to its purpose'
  Sean A. O'Hara
  710 Jean Street, Oakland, CA  94610-1459        sean.ohara@ucop.edu
  (510) 987-0577
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