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A part of the Alfred Nicholas Memorial Garden which has a the atmosphere of a Japanese garden. Melbourne Australia. Photo: David Clode.

Photos of gardens by David Clode. Under construction.

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A community garden in Cairns. The flowers are Zinnia ‘Red Beauty’. Photo: David Clode.

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Alfred Nicholas Memorial Garden, Melbourne, Australia. Photo: David Clode.

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A part of the Alfred Nicholas Memorial Garden which has the atmosphere of a Japanese garden. Melbourne Australia. Photo: David Clode.

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Building in Milan, Italy. Photo: Oleksi Drozdov on Unsplash.com.

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Cairns Botanic Gardens, North Queensland Australia. This wonderful garden would be one of the best tropical gardens in the world after the Singapore Botanic Gardens. Much of it is like a tropical jungle.

Cairns Botanic Gardens. Photo: David Clode.
Cairns Botanic Gardens. Photo: David Clode.

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Teak tree Tectona grandis, Cairns Botanic Gardens. Photo: David Clode.
Teak tree Tectona grandis, Cairns Botanic Gardens. Photo: David Clode.

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The conservatory at Cairns Botanic Gardens.
The conservatory at Cairns Botanic Gardens, with many wonderful plants and butterflies. Photo: David Clode.

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A stunning cultivar of Cordyline fruticosa, or Hawaiian Ti. Photo: David Clode.

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Variegated fan palm at the Cairns Botanic gardens. Photo: David Clode.

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Stacked macro photo of a leaf of a Pilea “Moon Valley” plant. Photo: David Clode.

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Slipper orchid. Photo: David Clode.

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Cairns Botanic Gardens. Photo: David Clode.

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Queensland Kauri Agathis robusta, Cairns Botanic Gardens. Photo David Clode.
Queensland Kauri Agathis robusta, Cairns Botanic Gardens. Photo David Clode.

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Licuala fan palm fruits. Photo: David Clode.

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Cairns Botanic gardens. Photo: David Clode.
Cairns Botanic gardens. Photo: David Clode.

The gardens have many beautiful sculptured benches, often with a Daintree Fan Palm motif (Licuala ramsayii).

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Community garden sign, Holloways Beach, Cairns, Australia. Photo: David Clode.

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