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Where Grief Took Root: The Story of Victorian Garden Cemeteries

Where Grief Took Root: The Story of Victorian Garden Cemeteries

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Death was a constant shadow in the Victorian era. But faced with overflowing graveyards and rampant disease, the Victorians didn't just despair—they transformed grief into art.

They looked at the grim, crowded churchyards of their cities and asked a radical question: what if a cemetery wasn't just a place for the dead, but a beautiful, healing garden for the living?


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