grotto
an underground passage, often decorated with crystals, bits of broken shells, and broken pieces of mirror, and involving running water in rills and pools; all of this is calculated to create a mysterious effect.
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In Homeric Greece they were places of resort, outside citadels, often dedicated to specific gods and associated with a fresh spring or grotto. In Classical Greece, sacred groves were used for physical and intellectual exercise.
Among features proposed for the garden are the Lavender Labyrinth, the Snow Gum Gorge complete with mist, the Ruined Rainforest or Grotto, the Bamboo Forest and the Native Wetland.
At one end is the waterfall, which cascades from a dark grotto of stonework shrouded by mature junipers.
The House of Butterflies in Montegrotto Terme in the Italian province of Padova, was developed by entomolgist Enzo Moretto. It contains three butterfly gardens -- Afro-Tropical, Amazonian or Neo-Tropical, and Indo-Australian.
Hide CaptionShow Caption A large rock grotto with a water slide is added to the pool, and copper lighting accentuates the new plants throughout the yard.
Easy accessories: Craft an arbor from twigs and raffia, or a garden grotto from pieces of bark. A small mirror makes a good reflecting pool. Aquarium gravel can be used as a garden path.
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We saw glades of fern trees, walked under towering Gunnera in marshy grottos and marvelled at hillsides filled with Hydrangeas. However, to fully explore these 26 acres would take many weeks (which is a great excuse for us to return)! ...
 See also: Natural, Plant, Water, Flower, Scape
  
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