{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.garden-structure","code":"thing-q5522423","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q5522423/","name":"garden structure","alternateNames":["council ring"],"kind":"thing","status":"research-draft","version":"0.2.0-wave.3","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.BLT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"A built feature placed in a garden for use or ornament, such as a pergola, gazebo, summerhouse, greenhouse, shed, arbour, folly, fountain, wall, pavilion or council ring of stone seating, ranging from utilitarian storage to architectural ornaments in historic landscape gardens; garden structures shape how gardens are used and viewed and are subject to planning and heritage rules.","purpose":"Let an agent explain garden structures and their kinds, relay design and heritage context, describe planning and 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