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A Peek Inside a Secret Pittsburgh Garden

A Peek Inside a Secret Pittsburgh Garden

Magical water features, hidden temples and a plastic alligator head

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Boaz Frankel
Sep 24, 2023
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A few summers back I saw a magical garden in Pittsburgh and it took me three years to find it again. It was June of 2021 and I was on a garden tour in the Shadyside neighborhood. I had seen a few gardens already – which were nice – but then I walked behind an unassuming house, through a metal garden gate and was suddenly immersed in a magical property f…

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