According to this website: http://www.allinfodir.com/info/the-world-s-10-most-beautiful-gardens.html these are the World's 10 Most Beautiful Gardens:

10. Monteiro, Brazil
9. Liu Yuan, China
8. Kirstenbosch, South Africa
7. Viceroy’s Palace Garden, India
6. Shalamar Bagh, Kashmir
5. Ryoanji, Japan
4. Les Quatre Vents, Canada
3. Las Pozas, Mexico
2. Dumbarton Oaks, USA
1. Bagh-e Fin, Iran

Bagh-e Fin (Fin Garden) is in the musum city of Kashan: Museum Cities (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1191419)

Virtual tours of this beautiful garden:

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Some pics:

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^^ gardens? hmm so where are the trees, flowers, plants, natural stuff ?

This is "Architecture" forum, not a "Nature" forum, of course you can see some trees in the pics too.

About a garden: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden

Constructed elements of a Garden:

Garden beds
Paths
Pool, water garden, or other water elements such as drainage system
Terrace, patio, deck
Lighting
Sculpture,
Buildings such as gazebos, pergolas and follies

For example about gazebos, you can read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazebo

A gazebo is a pavilion structure, sometimes octagonal, in parks, gardens, and spacious public areas. Gazebos are freestanding or attached to a garden wall, roofed, and open on all sides; they provide shade, shelter, ornamental features in a landscape, and a place to rest. Some gazebos in public parks are large enough to serve as bandstands or rain shelters.

Gazebos include pagodas, pavilions, kiosks, belvederes, follies, alambras, pergolas, and rotundas. Such structures are popular in warm and sunny climates. They are in the literature of China, Persia, and many other classical civilizations, going back to several millennia. Examples of such structures are the garden houses at Montacute House.

Amazing pictures, but, you should post more images about the *gardens* itselves. 8P
Think, would be cool.

Ok, this round garden was built by the governor of Yasuj about two hundreds years ago:

Belqeis Garden, Choram

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Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan:
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Such lists are meaningless. For example, Ryoanji is magnificent, but I think that the gardens at Katsura are much more beautiful. The gardens of Persia are also magnificent, but who is to say that they are better than the gardens of Versailles and Italy?

Not a true scholar's garden, and not really classical, but Yuan Ming Yuan is certainly noteworthy.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/33/48957026_e65c356f84_b.jpg

what about the Bahai gardens in Haifa?

The domain and gardens of Chatsworth. How can it NOT be considered among the most beautiful gardens in the world? Ridiculous.

http://photos.igougo.com/images/p169360-Peak_District-Chatsworth_Gardens.jpg

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The Villa d'Este. Do we need more examples to illustrate how naive it is to make such lists?

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To talk about the most beautiful gardens in the world and not even mention Versailles boggles the mind.

http://courses.nus.edu.sg/course/ecswong/trip/versailles2.jpg

I love gardens :). Some of my favorites:

The garden at Chateau de Villandry, France
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Korakuen Garden in Okayama, Japan - one of the 3 Great Gardens of Japan
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Kenrokuen Garden in Kanazawa, Japan - another one of the 3 Great Gardens of Japan
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Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou, China - dates back to the 16th century
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Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion), Kyoto, Japan:
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Bahai World Center, Haifa, Israel:

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Vaux-le-Vicomte, France
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Royal Palace of Caserta, Italy
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حديقة التجارب الحامة

Hamma Garden - Algiers

Nice thread

Great variaty of gardens
I really love the japanese one..

Suizenji Garden (Suizenji Jojuen), Kumamoto, Japan:
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Reales Alcázares Gardens (Seville, Spain)

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The biggest and most famous park in Craiova Romania is "Nicolae Romanescu" Park, located in the southern part of the town. Unique in Romania, this valuable architectural monument is also one of the most interesting accomplishments of its kind in Europe. Through the initiative of Nicolae P. Romanescu, the mayor of Craiova at that time, the park was designed by French architect Émile Rendont. In 1900, the designs for the park won the gold medal at the Paris World Fair. Construction of the park began in 1901 and was completed in 1903. "Nicolae Romanescu" Park is considered to be the third great natural park in Europe. The bridge found in the park was the first cable suspension bridge built in Europe.

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It can not be compared to Fin Garden in Kashan, but this one is also one of the oldest and the most beautiful gardens in Iran:

Historical Shazdeh Garden, Lut Desert, Iran

A generla view from Google Map:

http://www.allempires.com/uploads/Shazdeh1.jpg

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It can not be compared to Fin Garden in Kashan, but this one is also one of the oldest and the most beautiful gardens in Iran:

Historical Shazdeh Garden, Lut Desert, Iran

A generla view from Google Map:

http://www.allempires.com/uploads/Shazdeh.jpg

http://www.allempires.com/uploads/Shazdeh2.jpg


It's beautiful and it's really cool how it is in the middle of the desert like that. A true Oasis.

It can not be compared to Fin Garden in Kashan, but this one is also one of the oldest and the most beautiful gardens in Iran:

Historical Shazdeh Garden, Lut Desert, Iran

A generla view from Google Map:

http://www.allempires.com/uploads/Shazdeh1.jpg

http://www.allempires.com/uploads/Shazdeh.jpg


The location is spectacular.

The Montreal Botanical Garden is one of the biggest and best in the World (the second after London's Kew Royal garden). It covers 185 acres on the Island of Montréal, Québec, Canada. It has the worlds largest chinese garden outside of China. There are 22 000 species of plants, 10 exposition greenghouses, an insect museum (Insectarium) and soon to open, an biodeversity center (research and exposition and conservatory area). Construction began in 1932, and the main garden was finished in 1956.

The Chinese Garden,

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The Japanese Garden,

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The Greenhouses,

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Other gardens...

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Every fall, they have a chinese lantern celebration, which last a month I think.

http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/TMImages/04400-04499/04495/the-magic-of-lanterns-montreal-botanical-garden_1.jpg

Keukenhof - Netherlands
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EL HAMMA GARDEN / ALGIERS -ALGERIA

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Nice pictures :)

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Nice thread, that Historical Shazdeh Garden is a weird thing, never heard of it before, but its quite impressive!:D
And as Elsevillliano already said... the Real Alcazar gardens are really wonderful ones, not too big, not extremely organised, but just wonderful.

Some more extra pictures by me
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_HUwnaEMterQ/Su9hmgxxpyI/AAAAAAAAA4o/CDFPAingrz8/s512/IMG_2833.jpg
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_HUwnaEMterQ/Stb6IrMgXCI/AAAAAAAAA0k/9C3URRE3A7c/s512/IMG_2897.jpg
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_HUwnaEMterQ/SqUCGMamuTI/AAAAAAAAAwc/nLMVoXH3_4Y/s512/IMG_2704.jpg

ISRAEL, Bhai Gardens

http://blog.tapuz.co.il/oneofus/images/%7B398CAC4F-8780-404C-A08E-667B5923A0A8%7D.jpg
http://www.misgeret.co.il/Pics/oferz/85091-616-30-05-09-L.jpg
http://www.7wonders.co.il/dat/pict/1196370438.jpg
http://www.orianit2.edu-negev.gov.il/yuvalimbs/photo_gallery/jpeg.asp?id=642
http://www.datili.co.il/files_media/b9c73bc073861ff4fd5d7064e9f2d19f.jpg
http://www.ifeel.co.il/pagemodule/image1/264/49264/380x500.jpg?1223813083
http://www.pnay.co.il/user/article_image.php?id=65&type=large
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_1GXFpjeIsV0/RkBO5ymVNqI/AAAAAAAAABY/6c1_c1bK8-g/s640/Acko_Bahai_Garden%20-%2007.JPG
http://news.bahai.org/images/news/world-heritage/thumbnails/extra_01_ShrineOfBahaullah.jpg
http://www.masa.co.il/MASA/_fck_uploads/Image/metaylim/metaylim%2038/38_p13a.jpg
http://www.ybay.co.il/imageshaifa/einat/hasin1.jpg
http://www.shlomi-group.com/forum/uploads/post-1161-1169571886.jpg

Great thread. The Chinese / Japanese and Iranian gardens are the most beautiful / spectacular IMHO.

European gardens of Versailles, Chatsworth, Vaux-le-Vicomte, Palace of Caserta etc. are more grand than beautiful. And a maze made of hedges does not a beautiful garden make.

Some beautiful gardens here. I've never really gone for the formal French tradition of Versaille though. I prefer gardens that are based on interpretted nature as opposed to supposing control over nature - if that makes sense. I find the Japanese examples particularly beautiful for that reason.

I'm surprised no-one's brought up the English Landscape Tradition of Gardens, particularly Stourhead - so I'll do the honours. Where does garden end and natural landscape begin?...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3046/4045461281_da4bc36a34.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cathwalker-hillygroundphotography/4045461281/)
Autumn at Stourhead (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cathwalker-hillygroundphotography/4045461281/) by Cath in Dorset (http://www.flickr.com/people/cathwalker-hillygroundphotography/), on Flickr

http://ih0.redbubble.net/work.3836913.4.flat,550x550,075,f.stourhead-gardens-wiltshite.jpg
Image by Amanda White Photography (http://aj500.redbubble.com/sets/90821/works/3836913-4-stourhead-gardens-wiltshite)
Some more beautiful photos if you follow the link.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2678/4036056550_be8c0ef644.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37280535@N04/4036056550/)
Stourhead grotto (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37280535@N04/4036056550/) by Hotfish (http://www.flickr.com/people/37280535@N04/), on Flickr

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4063/4260473538_96999a3585.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37280535@N04/4260473538/)
Stourhead. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37280535@N04/4260473538/) by Hotfish (http://www.flickr.com/people/37280535@N04/), on Flickr

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3031/2966644597_fea95d4342.jpg

Hannover

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Herren%C3%A4user_g%C3%A4rten_2.JPG/800px-Herren%C3%A4user_g%C3%A4rten_2.JPG


The Royal Herrenhausen Gardens in Hannover consist of four gardens: the Great Garden, one of Europe's most distinguished baroque formal gardens, the botanical garden Berggarten and two English gardens, the Georgengarten and the Welfengarten.

The Great Parterre with its ornamental box hedges and flowerbeds and the Great Fountain which can reach a maximum height of 80 metres in the background:
http://www.hannover.de/data/grafiken/aktuellbereiche/aktuell_2008/2008_10/grafiken_ep/downloads/herrenhausen1.jpg
Source: HANNOVER.de (http://www.hannover.de/)

The Orangery Parterre and the Gallery Building:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4138/4894780970_967d1f8d46_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/22152932@N08/4894780970/)
Orangenparterre (http://www.flickr.com/photos/22152932@N08/4894780970/) by atsubor (http://www.flickr.com/people/22152932@N08/), on Flickr

The Schmuckhof in the Berggarten with the former library in the background:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4115/4768347105_b77ffabf39_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mv_photo/4768347105/)
Berggarten Hannover (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mv_photo/4768347105/) by mv_photo (http://www.flickr.com/people/mv_photo/), on Flickr

An alley that runs through the Georgengarten:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4133/5136103465_1217a05ae3_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/accusedtoview/5136103465/)
Down the Alley (http://www.flickr.com/photos/accusedtoview/5136103465/) by AccusedToView (http://www.flickr.com/people/accusedtoview/), on Flickr

The Leibniz Temple in the Georgengarten:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/4671769843_c7bf782138_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zebastian0511/4671769843/)
Hannover Leibniztempel (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zebastian0511/4671769843/) by Sebastian0511 (http://www.flickr.com/people/zebastian0511/), on Flickr

The Welfenschloss in the Welfengarten is the main building of the University of Hannover:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4402011980_8b43dd9939_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sprengben/4402011980/)
Leibniz Universität Hannover (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sprengben/4402011980/) by Sprengben [why not get a friend] (http://www.flickr.com/people/sprengben/), on Flickr

Eram garden Shiraz, Iran

http://www.iran57.com/MyCountryIran,12,19,08_files/eram_garden.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Eram_Garden.jpg

http://www.faradventurestravel.com/Nomad/Eram_Garden4.jpg

http://www.persiatours.com/image/eram_bagh.jpg

http://woophy.com/images/photos/233/97/l/559107.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/2404344.jpg

jahan nama garden, shiraz, Iran

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http://farm1.static.flickr.com/228/512172225_4a22d05770.jpg?v=0

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http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/1663321.jpg

all those heavily manicured gardens into geometric shapes and layouts look really dumb if you ask me

the ones that look like renovated versions of their organic environments are far more pleasing

WOW AWESOME

Haifa's Bahai Gardens are just mindboggling! What a concept. :okay:

beautiful, everything

http://www.arunasworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Royal-Botanic-Garden-5.jpg

more: http://www.arunasworld.com/edinburgh-royal-botanic-garden/

I like the garden of Porto Alegre, Brazil.

http://www.portoalegre.rs.gov.br/passeio_virtual/images/Praca_Japao.JPG


and it gets even more beautiful during the cold months

http://i.olhares.com/data/big/221/2215536.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/omarjunior/4834051613/lightbox/

http://www.cameraviajante.com.br/MF01%20copy.jpg

And also this famous Windows shot took in there

http://www.pageon.net/pintasilvio/archives/OutonoWEB.jpg


:cheers:

Wörlitz Gardens, Germany
A late 18th century "garden-realm" in the English style, it contains many follies/fabriques in typical romantic fashion, as well as several larger palaces.
The grounds also encompass several lakes and streams. The nearest important cities are Wittenberg and Dessau, however the gardens themselves lie outside of city limits. The Wörlitz Park is considered to be Germany's best example of the art of the garden.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dessau-W%C3%B6rlitz_Garden_Realm

http://www.abload.de/img/blatt07knxak.jpg
http://www.schanz2.de/urlaub/fahrt2008-06.html

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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/28414901

http://www.abload.de/img/22_dessauwoerlitz_st_golyq.jpg
http://www.denkmalschutz.de/pm_dessau_woerlitz_gartenreich.html

The Gothic House
http://www.abload.de/img/276053347lar9.jpg
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/27605334

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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/65910338

Ferry to the Isle of Roses
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/25023240

http://www.abload.de/img/21656028ma6bx.jpg
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/21656028

To the right, the Isle of Remembrance of the Dead
http://www.abload.de/img/42255523ng3x2.jpg
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/42255523

Temple of Venus
http://www.abload.de/img/65911230oc3rq.jpg
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/65911230

"The Stone"
http://www.abload.de/img/123288982e66n.jpg
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/12328898

http://www.abload.de/img/wc3b6rlitz_schloss7qkln.jpg
http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:W%C3%B6rlitz_Schloss.jpg&filetimestamp=20070827082737

A romantic garden in Germany. What is a story of the Isle of Remembrance of the Dead?

http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg568/ochocokristine/1.jpg
webdesign (http://www.webteamasia.com)

marvelus

I agree that the gardens at Katsura are much more beautiful. The gardens of Persia are also magnificent, but who is to say that they are better than the gardens of Versailles and Italy?They are very beautiful. I wonder why you can collect them. I like them so much. Hope to have time and money to visit one of them.

Villa Garzoni, Collodi, Italy

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1298/5187917768_82308269dd_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alfiogreen/5187917768/)
Villa garzoni , Collodi (Pt) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alfiogreen/5187917768/) por alfiogreen (http://www.flickr.com/people/alfiogreen/), no Flickr

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4005/5167401826_9b96425d5d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alfiogreen/5167401826/)
Collodi Villa Garzoni (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alfiogreen/5167401826/) por alfiogreen (http://www.flickr.com/people/alfiogreen/), no Flickr

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4137/4743011183_2d696a511c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/federicopieri/4743011183/)
Garzoni garden (http://www.flickr.com/photos/federicopieri/4743011183/) por FedericoPhoto (http://www.flickr.com/people/federicopieri/), no Flickr

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4084/5008852892_5011930d19_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37873897@N06/5008852892/)
Collodi: Looking at the Garzoni Gardens (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37873897@N06/5008852892/) por Flavio~ (http://www.flickr.com/people/37873897@N06/), no Flickr

Villa Lante, Bagnaia, Italy

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3308/3206362758_838964421e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28696310@N08/3206362758/)
villa lante 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28696310@N08/3206362758/) por antonello.tommy (http://www.flickr.com/people/28696310@N08/), no Flickr

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4132/5062013816_1ab556113f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28696310@N08/5062013816/)
villa Lante giardino all'italiana (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28696310@N08/5062013816/) por antonello.tommy (http://www.flickr.com/people/28696310@N08/), no Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3062/2730756935_9b29e1d234_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cael150/2730756935/)
Giardino all'italiana di Villa Lante (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cael150/2730756935/) por Carla Costa (cael150) (http://www.flickr.com/people/cael150/), no Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3290/2598267363_66076a0dc8_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kilpoldir/2598267363/)
Villa Lante (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kilpoldir/2598267363/) por kilpoldir (http://www.flickr.com/people/kilpoldir/), no Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2387/2162366598_846a3bf454_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tearsandrain/2162366598/)
The labyrinth (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tearsandrain/2162366598/) por Valentina_A (http://www.flickr.com/people/tearsandrain/), no Flickr

Château de Villandry, France

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6221/6362542359_05707632c1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/32214821@N04/6362542359/)
0440 chateau du vllandry jardin decorativo, francia (http://www.flickr.com/photos/32214821@N04/6362542359/) por Pepe Gil Paradas (http://www.flickr.com/people/32214821@N04/), no Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3238/2456883867_5da388fc64_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stanbury/2456883867/)
Chateau de Villandry gardens (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stanbury/2456883867/) por FlickrDelusions (http://www.flickr.com/people/stanbury/), no Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2354/1785608530_2be98287b6_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fstifter/1785608530/)
(72) Castle and gardens of Villandry (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fstifter/1785608530/) por Franz St. (http://www.flickr.com/people/fstifter/), no Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2095/2168996984_f2bd7a70a6_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmdcaluire/2168996984/)
" Château de Villandry...côté jardin ." (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmdcaluire/2168996984/) por jeanmical (http://www.flickr.com/people/jmdcaluire/), no Flickr

http://farm1.staticflickr.com/182/422733699_75f4084cbb_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/geoftheref/422733699/)
Château de Villandry Gardens (http://www.flickr.com/photos/geoftheref/422733699/) por geoftheref (http://www.flickr.com/people/geoftheref/), no Flickr

An awesome video --> Villa Cimbrone, in Ravello - Italy, from above...

http://vimeo.com/48800859


:drool:

it as a colorful picture of life.it is interesting

Villa Carlotta, Tremezzo.
(Como lake, Italy)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8009/7584483502_d4a62ee7ae_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/franano/7584483502/)
Villa Carlotta 2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/franano/7584483502/) di nfranano (http://www.flickr.com/people/franano/), su Flickr


http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4073/4811360031_0ae0c66bf9_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pitagoracomunicazione/

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4098/4811992554_7e5da29aea_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pitagoracomunicazione/4811992554/)
Villa Carlotta (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pitagoracomunicazione/4811992554/) di Il Parco Più Bello d'Italia (http://www.flickr.com/people/pitagoracomunicazione/), su Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5175/5573691356_98ab59ca53_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/albertodasiena/

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5257/5573109317_64414fe3e8_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/albertodasiena/

Clingendael Japanese Garden

The Japanese Garden was created in the beginning of the 20th century by the former owner of the country estate of Clingendael, Marguérite M. Baroness van Brienen (1871-1939), also called Lady Daisy. Lady Daisy sailed off a number of times by ship to Japan and brought back to the Netherlands a number of lanterns, a water cask, sculptures, the pavilion, the little bridges and several plants. The original design with the serene pond, meandering brook and the winding pathways has remained intact all these years.

The Municipality of The Hague has always taken great care of the Japanese Garden because of its uniqueness and tremendous historical value. The garden was placed on the list of national historical monuments in 2001. Due to its fragility, the garden can be visited only during a short period of the year.


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8469/8131426603_9268029202_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fransschmit/8131426603/)
Japanese garden (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fransschmit/8131426603/) by Frans Schmit (http://www.flickr.com/people/fransschmit/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8189/8131425101_6bec2d229b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fransschmit/8131425101/)
Japanese garden (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fransschmit/8131425101/) by Frans Schmit (http://www.flickr.com/people/fransschmit/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8185/8134333367_38da72efa4_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fransschmit/8134333367/)
Japanese garden (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fransschmit/8134333367/) by Frans Schmit (http://www.flickr.com/people/fransschmit/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8464/8148410531_0180825481_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fransschmit/8148410531/)
Japanese garden (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fransschmit/8148410531/) by Frans Schmit (http://www.flickr.com/people/fransschmit/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8469/8148409437_710fbee27f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fransschmit/8148409437/)
Japanese garden (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fransschmit/8148409437/) by Frans Schmit (http://www.flickr.com/people/fransschmit/), on Flickr