Of Desert, Water and Wells, Gardens from Mauritania to India was an exhibition on historic and contemporary gardens in the arid regions of the Muslim world. Photos, drawings, and plans of these amazing gardens are posted on the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (IFA) website. The site also includes features on the garden designers Abdelhalim I. Abdelhalim, Kienle/Makiya, Kamran Diba, and Fernando Caruncho.

Photo by G. Niedermeiser

Quoted: This exhibition presents not only traditional and current examples of water management, but also a number of contemporary gardens which have succeeded in merging form and function, traditional and modern ideals and different cultures.

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