WESTPARK AUGSBURG (AUSGBURG, GERMANY) Laudation by Lieneke van Campen for Westpark as PDF here! With the withdrawal of the American army in 1998, Augsburg used the conversion of the barracks for an overall spatial development and to expand the green system. After a planning and realisation process lasting more than 15 years, the Westpark was…
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is one of the world’s leading botanic gardens. Visitors can discover its history dating back to 1670, learn about its plantings and walk around 28 hectares of beautiful landscape. Founded in 1670 as a Physic Garden, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is a world-renowned centre for plant research,…
Located at the Toelleturm (Toelle Tower) in the eastern part of Wuppertal’s Südhöhen (southern hills), this almost 6-hectare landscape park can be found at the edge of a historical villa district not far from the Barmer Anlagen parkland. The Vorwerk family park was founded around 1907 and has a spectacular topography that affords wonderful views…
The Merian Gärten (Merian Gardens) are a magical place of beauty. The extensive botanical garden on the outskirts of Basel enchants visitors with an incredible variety of plants and a profuse display of blossoms. The former country residence of Christoph Merian, a prosperous 19th-century agronomist and philanthropist, includes a landscape garden, valuable collections of ornamental…
The Gardens of the Royal Castle in Warsaw cover an area of two hectares and are divided into two sections: the Upper Garden on the roof of the Kubicki Arcades directly at the castle, and the Lower Garden at the foot of the castle hill on the Vistula River. The Upper Garden was revived in…
Gardens of the World offers visitors a memorable and varied experience of international garden design from different ages and regions. Traditions going back thousands of years encounter contemporary landscape design from five continents here. Whether Oriental, Asian, Australian, South American, African or European, the garden is a place of peace, beauty and happiness in all…
Located near Cottbus, Branitz Park and Palace is the masterpiece and late creation of the eccentric garden designer Hermann Fürst von Pückler-Muskau (1785-1871). Gently curved earth formations, elegantly shaped lakes and stretches of water and perfectly designed compositions of trees reveal Branitz today to be the pinnacle of landscape gardening development, rightly giving it the…
Parco Giardino Sigurtà is a green treasury close to Lake Garda and just a few kilometres from the cities of Verona and Mantua. The park sits astride two hills and is home to many points of interest. The seasonal flowering, such as that known as “Tulipanomania”, a spectacle of over a million of tulips, 30,000…
Located in the picturesque village of Arcen directly on the German-Dutch border near Venlo, Arcen Castle Gardens constitute one of the most varied flower and plant parks in Europe: 32 hectares full of scents and colours, unique gardens, historical parks and a 17th century castle. Various highlights invite visitors to experience the gardens in numerous…
The buildings of Lorsch Abbey, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991, have not survived in their entirety. And yet it is still possible to experience the abbey as a special place today thanks to modern landscape architecture. Still to be found on the abbey grounds covering almost 3 hectares are the…