<P> The garden is the subject of an orchestral composition by American composer, Michael Gandolfi, which he composed for a joint commission from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Tanglewood Music Center . The piece was subsequently recorded by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra conducted by Robert Spano, and nominated for "Best Contemporary Classical Composition" at the 2009 Grammy Awards . </P> <P> Louise Penny uses The Garden of Cosmic Speculation as an important plot device in her recent Gamache mystery, The Long Way Home (St. Martin Press, 2014). </P> <P> Cameron Jace makes creative use of The Garden of Cosmic Speculation in his fictional novel titled Circus, which is the third installment of his Insanity series . In the book, Jace uses many true facts when referring to' public' knowledge of the garden (per character conversation), but changed the name of the designer to better fit into the story's plot line . </P>

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