In June 2011, Lund City Park celebrated its 100th anniversary. This date marked the opening of the City Park as such in 1911, after substantial redesigns and investments made in the wake of the Industry, Crafts and Arts Exhibition on the site in 1907. Ever since 1911 the park has been much beloved and used…
Whether it is a question of a romantic trip on a gondoletta boat or a visit to the citrus garden, the herbaceous garden, the iris garden or the garden of medicinal plants; whether it is about spending time at the park’s summer festivals or at the KlangOase, where one can listen to ethereal tones in…
In the early 1960s, a former field was planted with a great biodiversity of trees, bushes, and shrubs from all parts of the world. Throughout the seasons, the forest botanical garden offers nature experiences of a particular kind: a ravine full of rhododendrons, a heather garden, a field overflowing with different types of peonies, and…
The Magic of Water After being forgotten for many years, the gardens of Villa Borromeo Visconti Litta have recently undergone a period of restoration and now appear again as they did in the 16th – 19th centuries. The nymphaeum, which was constructed in 1585, is situated on the main north-south axis. An enchanted world of…
Trädgårdsföreningen in Linköping The Linköping Horticulture Society was founded on 22 March 1859 to create an English style city park for recreational, educational and horticultural purposes. In 2009, celebrating its 150-year existence, the city park’s attractiveness relies on its old trees, herbaceous borders, streams and ponds, the Belvedere tower, rose collections, the Tropical House, a…
The Kreislehrgarten in Steinfurt is an ideal place to visit for anyone who likes working in their own garden. Founded in 1914, this educational garden covering an area of 3 hectares provides valuable information on ornamental and kitchen gardens. Visitors are offered numerous ideas on how to design, maintain, and use their own green realms.…
The island known as “Polvese” is situated in the south eastern part of the Lake Trasimeno and is the largest of the three islands of the lake. The island was used by the Citterio counts as a hunting lodge and a holiday home. In 1959 Pietro Porcinai, one of the greatest Italian landscape architects of…
The main elements in the park of Villa Paolina, which covers about 10 hectares, consist of the gardens around the house, a beautiful Italian garden with annexed buildings, numerous avenues and a landscape garden with variously structured wooded areas and botanical compositions. The main building is made up of a central unit and the two…
Prince Johann Moritz von Nassau-Siegen (1604-1679) transformed the area around the town of Kleve into a Baroque park landscape which was virtually unparalleled in the 17th century. His plans greatly influenced garden design throughout Europe and became a model for the park at Sanssouci in Potsdam, to give just one example. Today the town of…
The house and park were built between 1985 and 1889 for Baron Leopold Franchetti, who moved to Città di Castello in 1880. In front of the villa, the green open space with its large decorative basin forms a perfect transition to the landscape park and its arboretum. This English-style park (4 ha) is home to…
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