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Title: NOW SOLVED: Guess where this is 4
Post by: JTh on August 28, 2011, 11:36:39 AM

I would be very surprised if any of you have visited this place, its is not far away from the sea. I'll show you two photos, to make it easier.

Title: Re: Guess where this is 4
Post by: John on September 01, 2011, 09:17:12 AM

I really haven't a clue but it certainly doesn't look Mediterranean, is this in your own back yard?

Title: Re: Guess where this is 4
Post by: JTh on September 01, 2011, 09:41:30 AM

There are many Mediterranean elements in this park/garden, it is not my backyard, unless you stretch the meaning of the word backyard quite a bit.

Title: Re: Guess where this is 4
Post by: John on September 01, 2011, 05:35:25 PM

So it's definitely not your garden?

Title: Re: Guess where this is 4
Post by: JTh on September 01, 2011, 09:30:10 PM

Mine is slightly less grand, I was told that they have 5 full time gardeners working there in the summer

Title: Re: Guess where this is 4
Post by: John on September 06, 2011, 08:49:44 AM

You aren't having much luck with this one are you?

Title: Re: Guess where this is 4
Post by: Hilary on September 06, 2011, 10:03:38 AM

That's what I was looking for last night.
Now got my husband on the search

Title: Re: Guess where this is 4
Post by: JTh on September 06, 2011, 11:29:20 AM

I can give you one small hint, which is probably useless: There is a Shakespeare festival there one week at the end of June every year.

Title: Re: Guess where this is 4
Post by: Hilary on September 06, 2011, 03:04:44 PM

found it
Whew

Title: Re: Guess where this is 4
Post by: JTh on September 06, 2011, 03:24:24 PM

And where?

Title: Re: Guess where this is 4
Post by: John on September 06, 2011, 06:19:10 PM

Yes where?

Title: Re: Guess where this is 4
Post by: Hilary on September 06, 2011, 07:02:01 PM

Ramme Gaard Farm, Norway.
If I ever get to Norway it will be on my list.

Title: Re: Guess where this is 4
Post by: JTh on September 06, 2011, 08:56:20 PM

Hilary, I am impressed, how did yout husband find Ramme Gaard (gaard, or gård, means farm in Norwegian)? Yes, it is a lovely place, about 30 minutes south of Oslo- on the Oslofjord, well worth seeing in spite of not being strictly Mediterranean. It is open to the public only on specific days, like the previous week-end, when they were selling lots of 'exotic' plants, which are otherwise difficult to find here. There is some information on the internet http://www.rammegaard.no/filer/Ramme%20Gaard%20English.pdf.

Title: Re: Guess where this is 4
Post by: Hilary on September 07, 2011, 05:20:47 AM

In the end I found it by Googling Shakespeare festival Norway.
I had looked at all the gardens in Scandinavia and the Baltic countries.
My husband was trying to make out the wording on the building which he still hasn't managed. What does it say?

Title: Re: Guess where this is 4
Post by: JTh on September 07, 2011, 09:58:18 AM

The building and many of the sculptures were transferred from Italiy, the Latin inscription says Nil majus in orbe, which I suppose means 'Nothing greater in the world'.