Guadalquivir Garden
Riverside park of themed gardens tracing the history of gardening, ending in a playful games garden.
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This guide to the Guadalquivir Garden in Seville starts in 1989, with the Expo's building chief walking reporters through raw earth and promising a finished park within three years. It follows architect Jorge Subirana's plan for the fifteen-hectare riverside site, laid out as a walk through the whole history of gardening, from a deliberately wild opening plot through aquatic, medicinal, and rose gardens toward a labyrinth. Walk the route in order, from the wild opening garden toward the far end.
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