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She later created Magic City (1966) and Magic Garden (1970), but arguably Portmeirion's most recognised design is the Botanic Garden range, decorated with a variety of floral illustrations adapted from Thomas Green's Universal or-Botanical, Medical and Agricultural Dictionary (1817), and looking back to a tradition begun by the Chelsea ...
Portmeirion (/ p ɔːr t ˈ m ɛr i ə n /; [1] Welsh pronunciation: [pɔrtˈmei̯rjɔn]) is a folly [2] tourist village in Gwynedd, North Wales. It lies on the estuary of the River Dwyryd in the community of Penrhyndeudraeth , 2 miles (3.2 km) from Porthmadog and 1 mile (1.6 km) from Minffordd railway station .
The first two trees planted at the garden were English oaks in 1866 by the first Mayor of Queenstown, James W. Robertson, and Mr McConnochie, the nurseryman at the time, [2] to commemorate the incorporation of the borough, but it was not until 1867 that the gardens were officially opened and the major planting began. Residents at the time set ...
Attwell was born in Mile End, London, 4 June 1879, [1] the sixth child of butcher Augustus Attwell and his wife Emily Ann. She was educated privately and at the Coopers' Company School and at the Regent Street Art School.