Schloss Dyck is set in the midst of a picturesque English landscape garden. Spread over four islands, the moated castle and forecourts were given their Baroque appearance in the 17th century. Schloss Dyck has been in the ownership of the Princes and Counts of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck for over 900 years. Thanks to support by public funds,…
Wasserschloss Nordkirchen (Nordkirchen Palace) is regarded as the most significant grand Baroque palace and estate in Westphalia. It is not without reason that the moated ensemble dating from the early 18th century is frequently referred to as the “Westphalian Versailles”. Both the palace and the outstanding park were created according to plans by Johann Conrad…
Rising up to a height of 95 metres above the Wupper river, the Hardt landscape lies between Elberfeld and Barmen, two parts of the town of Wuppertal. Visitors can enjoy beautiful views of the Hardt landscape and the densely populated townscape from all areas of the Hardt itself. The urban landscape is almost completely surrounded…
The Barmer Verschönerungsverein (“Barmen Enhancement Association”), which was founded in 1864, was the initiator of the Barmen Parklands and remains responsible for them today. Located on the slope of the southern Barmen hills, the Parklands are regarded as the second largest citizens’ park in Germany and consist of the Upper and Lower Parks, the Ringeltal,…
The park consists of the Volkspark and the 3-hectare Botanical Gardens. The Volkspark was created by F. W. Schoedder of Iserlohn in the style of an English landscape garden from 1909 – 1914. Typical features include broad curved paths, rising and falling ground, groups of trees as backdrops, and lines of sight. A special feature…
The large landscape park covers an area of 7.5 hectares and was created in 1851 at the Neues Palais (now the Academy of Music) of the princely House of Lippe. The park emerged from the redesign of what was originally a 2.4 hectare Baroque garden surrounded by a high wall in the style of a…
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 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 Gardens of Kerdalo were developed in 1965. They owe their existence to the creative imagination and artistic talent of Peter Wolkonsky, who was fascinated by the acidic soils and hilly terrain of an old farmstead overlooking the Jaudy river. “Kerdalo is a fragile world; it is at the mercy of the weather, climate change…