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Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006) is best known for "Little Sparta," a
farm and garden in the Southern Uplands of Scotland which he and Sue
Finlay began transforming into a neoclassical sculpture park in 1966 .
They have created temples from farm buildings, and have distributed
architectural fragments, fountains, and commemorative plaques
interspersed with significant plantings throughout the property. Before
undertaking the conversion of an ordinary farm into a poetic and
philosophical gar (showing 500 of 27951 characters). |
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