A seventeenth century chateau with a 50 hectare park and gardens, restored in the late 1980s and early 90s, with excellent views over the Oise valley. There are terraces, parterres, a gazebo and orangerie. Each year, an artist is commissioned to produce a work for the north terrace.
The royal Château at Amboise is a château located in Amboise, in the Indre-et-Loire département of the Loire Valley in France.
Built on a promontory overlooking the Loire River to control a strategic ford that was replaced in the Middle Ages by a bridge, the château began its life in the eleventh century, when the [...]
Modernist principles were used to create a large forest (bos) park near Amsterdam. The plan, which can be viewed as an abstract painting, was the work of two architects (C van Esteren and J H Mulder), influenced by a biologist (Dr J P Thijsse) on the public works committee which controlled the project. Van Esteren [...]
Few gardens make such spectacular use of tranquil water as Chantilly. A castle was built on a rock in a marshy forest, with the lake serving as a moat. A renaissance garden was made (c 1550) and transformed into the present high baroque garden by Andre le Notre in 1663. Water, aggrandised by design, remains [...]
Jardin du Carrousel is the official name for the space around the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, built to celebrate Napoleon’s victory at Austerlitz (a carrousel is a horse parade). Jacques Wirtz was landscape architect for the space around the arch. It looks entirely appropriate on plan but is less successful on the ground. Strips [...]
The farm of Bois Richeux, situated in the heart of the Carnutes’ Forest, is one of the oldest farms in France, dating back to Celtic times. In 1178, it became the Villa Franche of the Chapter of Chartres and hosted the first free farmers.
Throughout the entire Middle Ages, it was an important fortified farm, with [...]
The Bamboo Plantation is here not only to let you discover, learn about and appreciate just bamboo, but all vegetal life. Run by a management that thinks that a botanical garden is not just a collection of rare plants, the Bambouseraie brings together people, facilitates exchanges, crossing cultures and linking knowledge. In this spirit, the [...]
The ega Erfurt is one of the largest and most beautiful recreational parks in Germany, with flowers galore, parks, theme gardens, exhibition buildings, playgrounds and a kids’ fun farm.
It is home to the largest ornamental flowerbed in Europe, it has an impressive rose garden and a fantastic tropical green house.
The Japanese rock and water garden [...]
Right in the middle of Bremen’s well known Rhodendron park, Botanika presents exciting floral landscapes that take visitors to new discoveries of three bewilderingley rich flowerscape attractions:
* Discovery Centre
* Himalayas and Borneo
* Japanese Garden
Start your journey through the world of plants inside the Discovery Centre, where you can easily find out about the ecology of [...]
One of the most important Botanical Gardens in the world is situated in Munich’s leafy suburb of Nymphenburg. Here, the Botanischer Garten in Munich provides its visitors with hours of sheer joy. However, more than that, it is also an educational and vocational training institution and part of the city’s university which aims to preserve [...]
