Situated south-west of Stoke-on-Trent, The Trentham Estate offers a diverse range of landscapes, from its ‘Grand Italianate Parterres’ to contemporary ‘Floral Prairies’ and a mile-long lake, designed by ‘Capability’ Brown. The centrepiece of the estate, the formal Italian Gardens, has been fully restored to a new planting design by leading British designer Tom Stuart-Smith. The…
The Steinfurter Bagno is one of the most extraordinary garden creations in the Münsterland and in North Rhine-Westphalia. In the park’s heyday in the 18th century, the then spectacular attractions brought numerous visitors from far and wide to Count Bentheim-Steinfurt’s castle. By contemporary standards, “the Bagno“ was a precursor of our modern amusement parks, with…
Schieder Palace is surrounded by a Baroque garden to the south, which is adjoined to the north by a 19th-century English landscape park. The Baroque part of the park was restored some years ago on the basis of a plan dating from 1775, the restoration being completed in spring 2009. The view from the terrace…
The most poetic castle residence in the Münsterland is surely Haus Hülshoff in Havixbeck. Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, the well-known Westphalian poet, was born here on 12th January 1797. The moated castle and its grounds are located near the town of Münster and are a popular place for outings today. The castle complex was built in…
Landscape as an Extended Sculpture Ulrich Rückriem’s first opportunity to design a landscape for his sculptures arose when the outside areas at Sinsteden were being planned and realised from 1993 onwards. Prior to the construction of the exhibition halls, these outside areas had primarily been used for agricultural purposes. Various sections were created, which were…
The Rombergpark has its origins in Brünninghausen, a classical moated castle which belonged to the von Romberg family. In 1927, the von Romberg family sold Haus Brünninghausen and its park to the town of Dortmund. Today, the wonderful sweep of the broad meadow valley created by the Schondellenbach stream forms a generous swathe of ground…
Gartenschaupark Rietberg (Rietberg Garden Show Park), which developed out of the Regional Garden Show of 2008, captivates with its variety of extensive lake landscapes, areas of undisturbed vegetation, splendid herbaceous borders, range of play and leisure activities for the whole family, large sandy beach, high ropes course, 18-metre look-out tower and “art in the park”.…
The area in the north-west part of Rheine which encompasses the Salinenpark, the neighbouring zoo as well as Bentlage monastery and cultural landscape is an interesting place to visit. The Salinenpark was redesigned in 2004. Today, box-shaped linden trees create a focus at the central part of the graduation house where the original structure is…
Schloss Rheda, which is one of the most significant moated castles in Westphalia, reflects architectural history from the Middle Ages to the Baroque period. There is concrete evidence that a geometrical garden existed here as early as 1623. It was surrounded on three sides by a moat, in keeping with the typical style of the…
In the beginning of the 20th century it was decided that the area around Pildammarna (the willow ponds) in Malmö would play host to the Baltic Exhibition of 1914, showcasing the latest technology and design. After the show plans were made to develop the site to a permanent public park, first following the idea of…
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