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Narvel Roth: She went on to explain that aesthetic gardens were a recent development. In colonial times, gardens were utilitarian. A cross between a grocery store and a pharmacy. In the gilded age, they became an entrance to high society, a place of conspicuous display
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She went on to explain
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that aesthetic gardens were a recent development
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In colonial times gardens were utilitarian
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A cross between a grocery store and a pharmacy
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In the Gilded Age
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they became an entrance to high society
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a place of conspicuous display
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At Gracewood we have the best of both worlds
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Four generations of curated botany
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horticulture and display
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Movie Summary
A meticulous horticulturist is devoted to tending the grounds of a beautiful estate and pandering to his employer, the wealthy dowager.