The main aim of the project, designed by New Visit Group, was to create a contemporary urban park and to rehabilitate its relationship with the castle, while respecting the natural potential of a significant part of the site. The design is based on two major interventions. To the south-west, the wider urban context brings to…
The grounds of Rundāle Palace amount to 85 hectares including the French Baroque Garden which covers 10 hectares. Based on a layout by Francesco Rastrelli from 1735/1736, the garden was created by Christopher and Michael Weyland between 1736 and 1740. The garden borders a former hunting park to the south, whereas the area on the…
The park was projected in 1839 by K.H. Vagner, a gardener of Riga. A resort was established in Jurmala in the 18th century due to the healing properties of sulphur waters. Kemeri park is one of the oldest and major parks outside the capital Riga. It was designed as a landscape park with a network…
The 100-acre historical garden that surrounds the Károlyi-stately home of Fehérvárcsurgó in Hungary is situated in the County of Fejér, 80 km from Budapest, 200 km from Vienna. It has been in the ownership of the family since the mid 1830’s until its nationalization in 1945 by communist authorities. The family was then forced to…