Rheinpark Köln – Garden Monument from the 1950s

Today the Rheinpark created for the Bundesgartenschau (German garden show) in 1957 still largely has its original form and so reflects the garden architecture of the 1950s. The central location of the park on the right bank of the river Rhine is the reason for some of its outstanding features: on the one hand the spatial…

Wuppertal Zoological Garden Landscape Park

and Green Villa District at the Zoo The Zoological Garden Landscape Park in Wuppertal forms an overall ensemble dating from the 19th-century Gründerzeit thanks to its surviving structural design by Heinrich Siesmayer, the garden architect from Frankfurt (1817-1900), as well as its valuable stock of trees, expanses of water on different levels, listed buildings and…

Park Wijlre

The gardens at Wijlre are characterised by the harmony between the historical castle with its charming gardens and the contemporary design of the “Hedge House”. Together, they form an exceptional ensemble. “Garden rooms” of widely differing designs were created under the direction of the former private owners. The garden rooms are separated by hedges and…

The Trentham Estate

Situated south-west of Stoke-on-Trent, The Trentham Estate offers a diverse range of landscapes, from its ‘Grand Italianate Parterres’ to contemporary ‘Floral Prairies’ and a mile-long lake, designed by ‘Capability’ Brown. The centrepiece of the estate, the formal Italian Gardens, has been fully restored to a new planting design by leading British designer Tom Stuart-Smith. The…