Shangri La Botanical Gardens

The photographs show images from the past of Shangri La.
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This site plan has photographs of garden features linked to their locations.
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This plan view of the garden shows the arrangement of buildings and outdoor spaces around the central courtyard.
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These section details show rainwater collection and passive temperature moderation. A psychrometric chart accompanied the drawings.
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These sections show the buildings' relation to sunlight and breezes.
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This photograph shows a wetland purification pond, used to improve water quality.
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This photograph shows wetlands, which serve to purify water, and greenhouses used as classrooms and experimental stations.
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Historic greenhouses, like the one in this photograph, were restored to provide flexible educational spaces.
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Visitor Center Courtyard
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Resalvaged Trees
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These photographs show interior and exterior views of the educational space, which provides low-impact access to a tupelo cypress swamp.
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The Discovery Center Pavilion is shown in this photograph.
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This photo shows how the Nature Discovery Center fits quietly into its setting.
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The helical piers and prefabricated modular structure shown in these photographs minimized impact on site and wildlife during construction of the boardwalk.
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The boardwalk shown in this photograph is made of recycled plastic-wood composite lumber on helical piers.
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The Beaver Pond Outpost shown in this photograph serves as an outdoor classroom, nestled into a wetland.
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This photograph shows the Cypress Knee Outpost outdoor classroom.
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Reclaimed cypress is used for the flexible viewing flaps in the bird observation blind.
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