Merian Gärten

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…

Gesamtkunstwerk Branitz Park and Palace

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…