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With Gardner museum’s new wing, landscaping makes a statement

With fresh plantings, the museum grounds are treated like an art form.

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum’s new wing makes a horticultural statement. By moving the entrance from the Fenway traffic to quiet Evans Way and replacing the old fencing there with new trees, open lawn, and a working greenhouse, architect Renzo Piano has created a connection with Frederick Law Olmsted’s Evans Way Park across the street. The result feels almost pastoral - and transparent. You can look into the new greenhouse along Evans Way and see staffers and students working with plants.

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The Gardner addition seems nice, but you can be sure it will be expensive to get into. And why is the Globe running three stories about this small museum in the Metro section at the same time. There was a special sectio Sunday - why doesn't the Globe put that online for Monday.