The Bardini Garden is a unique place where to admire Florence, the urban landscape, the monuments and the surroundings hills. The visit of Bardini garden is a tour through art and nature, crossing seven century of Florentine history till the present. The Bardini Garden occupies with its four hectares most of the hill that rises…
If you explore the countryside around Torhout you will almost certainly end up at the d’Aertrycke grounds. As from 1865, Ghent politician August de Maere d’Aertrycke converted these grounds into a spacious country residence. He entrusted the construction of the neo-Gothic castle to Antwerp architect Jozef Schadde. Garden architect Louis Fuchs was recruited to design…
The spa park was created as a horseshoe-shaped landscape park between 1851 and 1853 on the basis of plans by Peter Josef Lenné, the most important garden architect of his time. Although the park was extended at various times, the basic structure still remains today. Visitors encounter features in the park which bear witness to…
The spa park, which dates from 1906, underwent major rejuvenation work 100 years after its creation and has now been given a new look. The elongated stretch of park which had developed and matured down the years was linked sensitively to the changed sections and a curved “ribbon of gardens” was created as an effective…
The spectacular gardens at Arley have been voted amongst the best in Europe. These award winning Grade II* listed grounds cover over 7ha. The present gardens were heavily influenced by Rowland and Mary Egerton-Warberton in the mid-nineteenth century, although there have been some alterations since. One of the highlights of the gardens is The Ilex…
Schloss Anholt (Anholt Castle) is one of the largest moated castles in Westphalia and is located in the westernmost part of the Münsterland, near the German-Dutch border. The history of the park and grounds at Schloss Anholt can be traced back to the 16th century. The Baroque gardens were created around 1705 while in the…
Aerwinkel Castle was built in 1854 by Dutch architect Pierre Cuijpers on commission from Pierre Geradts. The romantic, neo-Gothic castle lies at the heart of a beautiful English landscape garden – probably also designed by Cuijpers – between the town of Posterholt and the village of ‘t Reutje. The garden borders on a wood called…
Schloss Augustusburg and Schloss Falkenlust in Brühl together form a Gesamtkunstwerk which combines architecture, sculpture, painting and garden design. The ensemble is an example of a completely preserved 18th-century prince’s residence and has been recognised as a UNESCO cultural world heritage site since 1984. The Baroque garden dating from 1728 has survived almost intact to…
Château de la Ballue and its gardens can be found above the green valley of the Couesnon river and combine with the surrounding landscape to form a perfect unity. The garden is influenced by mannerism and comprises – a contemporary interpretation of topiary modelled on the 16th-century Italian practice of arte topiara and thus placed…
The landscape part of the Botanical Garden offers numerous charming views across its slightly upward-sloping lawns and of its ponds and various groups of trees and bushes. The garden designer Bergmans (1892 – 1980) combined the basic principles of landscape style as described by English garden designer Humprey Repton (1752 -1818) with the modern use…