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Glovers Community Garden (892 words) |
 | The space between the celtus and the main part of the garden is occupied by compost bays and a shadecloth-covered nursery. |
| To the imaginative visitor, Glovers - with its white concrete building, herbs, vegetables, climbers on trellises and young citrus at the bottom of the garden - might appear as a transplanted piece of Mediterranean garden. |
| Glovers provides a fine example of organic vegetable and herb gardening, so it should be no surprise that TAFE and community permaculture courses have made use of the garden for site visits over the years. |
| Significant Scots - Thomas Blake Glover (531 words) |
| Glover married a woman called Tsura, the daughter of a samurai, who many believe was the inspiration for Puccini's opera - Madame Butterfly, since she habitually wore the emblem of a butterfly on her clothes. |
| Glover was not only the first to introduce much western technology to Japan but was also the first non-Japanese to be presented with the Order of the Rising Sun - one of the country's top honours. |
| Glover's house in Nagasaki is now the centrepiece of "Glover Garden", Western Japan's top tourist attraction with almost 2 million visitors each year. |
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