Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Designed for Quiet Meditation

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Prairie State Portraits
for framing

FABYAN FOREST PRESERVE
Geneva, Illinois

The Japanese Garden in the Fabyan Forest Preserve, on the Fox River between Batavia and Geneva, Illinois. This recently-restored garden was created by a Japanese landscape architect for Col. George Fabyan prior to 1914. Designed for quiet meditation the garden contains two connecting pools, a large cement lantern, two arched bridges, and a Japanese tea house.

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Dear Jim,

We saw this garden on Sunday -- the postcard is actually more picturesque.

Dees

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