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CALENDAR OF EVENTS A Month-by-Month Guide to Events Around the Country OCTOBER PAINTING PARADISE: THE ART OF THE GARDEN The Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse. Until 19 February 2017 Whether a sacred sanctuary, a place for scientific study, a haven for the solitary thinker or a space for pure enjoyment and delight, gardens are where man and nature meet. This exhibition reveals the way in which gardens have been celebrated in art across four centuries. It includes works by Leonardo de Vinci, Rembrandt van Rijn and the Sevres Porcelain Factory and some of the earliest and rarest surviving depictions of gardens and plants. www.royalcollection.org