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Little Sparta is a garden in the traditional sense. It is perhaps not like other modern gardens, but I think that other times would have had no difficulty with it.
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Born: Oct 28, 1925
Died: Mar 27, 2006

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