Exhibition celebrates gardens in UK, China

YORK, Britain - A special joint photo exhibition exploring both China's UNESCO-listed Humble Administrator's Garden and the British Baroque masterpiece, Castle Howard, was launched in Yorkshire on Sunday to encourage and explore future cooperation between the two sites.

Although roughly 19,000 kilometers apart, these two world-famous gardens share many things in common - both exhibit period architecture and the craft of landscaping, and flowers, trees and water work in harmony - while drawing on different traditions and techniques, says Christopher Ridgway, curator of Castle Howard.

The exhibition, which is being held at Castle Howard, with its vast garden area, lakes, fountains and sculptures, follows a similar photo show that was held in the Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, last autumn.