A Universe Breath Touch
In the south-western part of Scotland, on the outskirts of Dumfries, along with such ancient attractions as the Old Bridge House Museum, Sweetheart Abbey, Kerlaverk Castle and the village of New Abbey, there is a unique science and space garden. Which is open to visitors only one day a year.
He appeared almost 30 years ago thanks to a married couple: Charles Jenks and Maggie Cheswick. Both of them were related to landscape architecture: Charles was already a famous architect at that time, and Maggie was a landscape designer. Maggie inherited the estate, which later became the Garden of Cosmic Reflections (or Cosmic Speculation, as it is sometimes called). Maggie had experience in creating Chinese gardens, so she put some Chinese wisdom and harmony into her project with her husband. Charles was not only an architect, but also increasingly interested in science, the laws of the universe, and space. Therefore, his inspiration was geometry, astronomy and physics. And together, the couple called their garden nothing less than a miniature model of the universe.
The garden is conventionally divided into five parts, and in each part there are reservoirs, hills, sculptural compositions of different shapes – each with its own scientific and philosophical significance. The total area of the Garden of Cosmic Reflections is 16.2 hectares. And all of it is one continuous reflection on the creation of the Universe, its laws, the meaning of life and the relationship of everything with everything.
Probably, the creators of the Garden set themselves exactly such a task – to bring people closer to thinking about and understanding these issues. Walking here, looking at all these cosmic compositions, everyone can find their own solution, be a pioneer in their own way. After all, many people leave the park just after taking a hundred beautiful photographs.
Among other landscape compositions, visitors to the Garden have the opportunity to walk along the Snail Mound. Here they can get acquainted with the structure of the snail shell, which obeys the "Fibonacci sequence" – a numerical sequence where each subsequent number is equal to the sum of the previous two. The Fibonacci sequence is found in nature wherever there are spirals.
#garden #flowerlover #trip