The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is one of the world’s leading botanic gardens. Visitors can discover its history dating back to 1670, learn about its plantings and walk around 28 hectares of beautiful landscape. Founded in 1670 as a Physic Garden, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is a world-renowned centre for plant research,…
Realizing the potential of what is there and discovering what is new The former climatic spa of Wassenberg, located in the international ‘Maas Schwalm Nette’ nature reserve, was granted town rights as early as 1273 due to the favourable strategic location of its castle. Over time, a green belt with a special topographical structure developed…
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 history of Silesia Park has began in July 1951 with the conversion of this former mining site with its slag heaps. The 620 ha now include two zones of greenery: a quiet area with dense vegetation for a passive recreation neighbouring an area of mass culture, entertainment, sports and education for active recreation. A…
The largest part of Gothenburg’s Botanical Garden constitutes a nature reserve including an arboretum. The garden comprises about 40 hectares and shows approximately 12,000 different species in various sections. The topography of the garden is very varied, much of it consisting of hilly terrain which lends itself naturally to boundaries drawn between different layouts with…
The Sculpture Park Waldfrieden is situated in the midst of an idyllic forested area in the hills above the Elberfeld and Barmen districts of Wuppertal. Mature deciduous trees line the serpentine road leading to the park, and several works by the British sculptor Tony Cragg can be spotted along the embankments of the entrance approach.…
The first view of the garden: mighty oaks surrounded by smaller shrubs and bushes at the end of a path covered in grass and mosses; a distant lake beyond, shimmering blue, grey or silver, depending on the angle of the light; to the fore, a ton-weight steel sculpture with a narrow passage cut diagonally into…