The Gardens of L’Éco-Domaine La Fontaine The enclosed, former farm garden on the sea has been redesigned and replanted with pear trees. It provides vegetables and herbs for the kitchens of L’Auberge La Fontaine aux Bretons. The avenues of flowers, the vineyard, the immediate surroundings, the pool and the pastures for the farm animals form…
In 1873, Ferdinand Eduard Stumm (1843 – 1925) acquired a site consisting of several parcels of land at the edge of the village of Holzhausen. Over the following years, he had the area fashioned into a large-scale landscape park and an impressive castle constructed at its centre. The park was laid out along a stream…
Surrounded by tree-covered hills, the Escheberg estate lies on the southern slope of the mountain from which it derives its name. The estate’s special landscape setting and its remote location northwest of the small town of Zierenberg make the charming and romantic spot seem like an enchanted place. In the 19th century, it became known…
The large Baroque park initiated by Landgrave Karl (1654 – 1730) was laid out from 1680 onwards below the old residential palace of the landgraves of Hessen-Kassel. The fundamental components of the basic Baroque structure, comprising the three main paths radiating from the bowling green in front of the orangery, the large basin and “Siebenbergen”…
From Legends to Knowledge The Garden of the Hesperides invites the visitor to embark on a journey to the land of fruits and to take an enjoyable, unusual and informative stroll there. It is a living museum in honour of fruits from the five continents of the world and is divided into eight different themes…
The RHS Garden Wisley is a renowned showplace for all aspects of horticultural practice and a living catalogue of ornamental and culinary plants. It demonstrates British gardening at its best with 100 ha of glorious garden. The garden lies between Cobham and Ripley, off the main London to Portsmouth road, south of Junction 10 of…
A small garden behind the castle ward wall in the ruin of the medieval Sababurg, also known as the “Sleeping Beauty Castle”, is a reminder of the tradition of kitchen and ornamental gardens in castles. The castle garden gives pride of place to roses, some of which climb up the old walls. Many traditionally cultivated…
One of the former homes of the Guinness family Visitors to St Anne’s will be able to step back into history and to stroll through the parkland landscape that was once a rural estate on the perimeter of the city. The layout of St Anne’s is typical 17th century English park land design with rolling…
A Baroque garden with terraces, parterres and a high surrounding wall was created on the instructions of Landgrave Karl (1654 – 1730) from 1685 onwards around Schloss Haydau, a former convent which later passed into the possession of the landgraves. It was possible to look out over the landscape of the Fulda river plain from…
Behind the massive oak gate, a world of rich, early 17th century tranquillity is waiting for the visitor. There is the courtyard with its beautiful baroque portico and the white cobblestone pavement. Rubens’ house is on the left side, while his studio is on the right. In spite of overall alterations, the front of the…
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