Horticulture

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FOR ME, GARDENING is largely about connecting with a place, of understanding its nature. Among the more remarkable tools for accomplishing just that, I have found, are the sundials created by the artist Robert Adzema.

The popular conception of sundials views them as decorative garden ornaments that can also, as a sort of stunt, give the viewer a rough idea of the time of day. Robert

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