With the help of many PTA volunteers, we installed a large green house, water garden with fish, bridge, butterfly garden, weather station, sundial, archaeology digging area for fossils and minerals, tree stumps for counting the rings, benches for an outdoor classroom and reading area, and over 60 different plants, shrubs and trees.

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There is also a simple roof garden, with large wooden vats to grow vegetables and an array of herbs.

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The property has a large garden area for outdoor entertaining with a fire pit and sound system.

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On the inside, Shanghai Terrace is all 1930s supper club, but on the large, open terrace, the restaurant transitions into a modern garden patio with views of surrounding skyscrapers and Michigan Avenue.

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Large jugs, filled with garden roses, are good on tables, as is a big dish holding a generous pile of Santa Maria Novella potpourri (which I feel no room is complete without).

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