Are these really "The 13 Most Amazing Gardens in the World"? Well,
they may not be the Hanging Gardens of Babylon,
but they are sure each an amazing sight. Hopefully they can at least provide some Travel
Inspiration, if not some landscaping and gardening inspiration. Please let me know what gardens I missed by commenting in
This Thread.
- Versaille
Versailles,
probably the world's most famous garden, was built for Louis XIV and
designed by André Le Nôtre.
More Versaille Pictures...
- The Garden of Cosmic Speculation
Strange landforms abound in Charles Jencks' Garden of Cosmic Speculation.
- Boboli Gardens
The Bobobli Gardens,
behind the Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy were groundbreaking in the
early 18th century for their open design.
More Boboli Gardens Pictures...
- Rikugien Gardens
"Rikugien literally means 'six poems garden'
and reproduces in miniature 88 scenes from famous poems."
- Claude Monet Gardens in Giverny
The pool with nympheas, in Claude Monet's garden at Giverny.
- Butchart Gardens, Victoria, B.C.
The
Butchart Gardens
at Todd Inlet, which lie around 14 miles from
Victoria B.C., covers more than 55 acres of the 130 acre Butchart Estate.
- Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens
Table Mountain looms in the distance of this vista from
Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens in South Africa.
- Yu Gardens - Shanghai
The 400-year-old
Yu Gardens were built in
the Ming Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Jia Jin, and restored in the 1960s.
- Abraham Lincoln Memorial Gardens
Designed by Jens Jensens in the 1930s, the
Lincoln Memorial Gardens are planted with native
species from the three states Lincoln lived in: Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois.
- Exbury Gardens - New Forest, England
Amazing colors reflect on the calm waters of Exbury Lake.
- Holland's Keukenhof Gardens
A showpiece for Holland's unique and beautiful
tulips, the manicured landscapes of Keukenhof Gardens abut the rainbow rows of blooming Tulips near Amsterdam.
- Mirabell Garden in Salzburg
The world-famous Mirabell Gardens
were built along a north-south axis and oriented towards the Hohensalzburg Fortress and the Salzburger Dom cathedral.
- Ryōan-ji Zen Garden in Kyoto, Japan
In Kyoto's Ryōan-ji Zen Garden, the empty space is implicitly structured, and is aligned with the temple's architecture.
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