10 Most Beautiful Gardens In The World.
Number 10.
Open to the public only one day a year, the Garden of Cosmic Speculation takes science
and maths as its inspiration.
Quite simply, there isn't another garden like it in the world.
The garden was set up by Charles Jencks, together with his late wife Maggie Keswick and is located
at Portrack House near Dumfries.
That's in Scotland, by the way!
It was set up in 1989 without the usual ideas people have when they create a garden.
Horticultural displays very much take second place in this garden.
Instead, it is designed with ideas in mind - and to provoke thought (or at least speculation)
about the very nature of things.
Number 9.
Yuyuan Garden is believed to be built in the Ming Dynasty more than 400 years ago.
Built in traditional Chinese style with numerous rock and tree garden areas, ponds, dragon-lined
walls and numerous doorways and zigzagging bridges separating the various garden areas
and pavilions.
In the past over 400 years, Yuyuan was restored and reopened several times.
Because of the downfall of the Pan's family after Pan Yunduan's death, Yuyuan was slowly
out of use and was once in a mess.
Although later the garden was renovated by the local rich people, several civil wars
in the mid-19th century caused huge damage.
In 1956, after Shanghai's liberation, the city government rebuilt the garden and recovered
its elegance and beauty.
Yuyuan Garden was at last reopened to the public in 1961.
Number 8.
Also known as the "Jardim Botanico Fanchette Rischbieter," the Botanical Garden of Curitiba
is a garden located in the city of Curitiba, the capital of the state of Parana, and the
biggest city in southern Brazil.
It is the major tourist attraction of the city, and it houses part of the campus of
the Federal University of Parana.
Opened in 1991, Curitiba's trademark botanical garden was created in the style of French
gardens.
Once at the portal of entry, extensive gardens in the French style in the midst of fountains
may be seen, as well as waterfalls and lakes, and the main greenhouse of 458 square meters,
which shelters in its interior, copies of characteristic plants from tropical regions.
It rolls out its carpet of flowers to the visitor's right at the entrance.
The Botanic Museum, which provides a national reference collection of native flora, attracts
researchers from all over the world.
It includes many botanic species from the moist Atlantic Forests of eastern Brazil.
Number 7.
The impressive royal botanic gardens in the Kew district of London encompass 326 acres
of land and you can discover more than 50000 different species of plants.
This historic garden is also a world heritage site.
Besides the beautiful gardens you can also explore art galleries, green houses, unique
edifices and climatic zones.
The Princess Wales conservatory is another important greenhouse in the Kew gardens you
want to visit.
This greenhouse contains 10 different climate zones controlled by computers.
You can find desert plants, carnivorous plants and different types of orchids in this conservatory.
There is also a 59 ft high treetop walkway that bring a beautiful view of the surrounding
places.
Number 6.
Butchart Gardens is one of the most famous gardens in the world which is counted among
the best of the best.
The breathtaking views will keep you stunned for some time when you first visit the Butchart
Gardens.
Spread over an area of 50 acres, the Butchart Gardens is placed near Victoria on Vancouver
Island.
There's never a dull season at Butchart Gardens, which keeps itself vibrating all throughout
the year from the summers to the chilly winters.
Number 5.
In designing their works, Japanese gardeners seek to create an ideal landscape within a
particular space.
Kenrokuen in Kanazawa is considered to be one of the finest examples of Japanese gardens,
built over the course of 200 years starting in the mid-17th century.
In fact, it is one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan, along with Korakuen in Okayama and
Kairakuen in Mito.
Number 4.
An unprecedented wealth of spectacular floral displays planted in endless varieties, alternated
with beautiful works of art.
Keukenhof is unique, world famous and has been one of the most popular destinations
in the Netherlands.
The garden is home to 7 million tulips, which includes special hybrids that have been or
are being developed.
In fact, Keukenhof's pride and joy is the truly awe-inspiring Russian black tulip Baba
Yaga.
Number 3.
The popular Chateau de Villandry in Indre-et-Loire of France has six magnificent gardens.
The upper terrace features "Sun garden", next terrace contains water garden, followed by
ornamental garden and the lower terrace contains herb garden.
Surrounded by lime trees, the Sun garden in the top terrace contains beautiful meadow
plants.
The water garden of Villandry is an ideal place for relaxation and you can find a number
of beautiful fountains and lawned spaces in this garden.
The herb garden in the lower terrace contains different aromatic medicinal plants.
Number 2.
This incredible park is situated in Pattaya, Thailand.
It is popular among tourists because of stunningly beautiful landscapes and marvellous views.
Everything there seems to be from a fairy-tale.
It is full of Thai style houses, villas, banquet halls, restaurants and swimming pools.
A vast 600 acres area was bought by Mr. Pisit and Mrs. Nongnooch in 1954, this land was
predicted to be a fruit plantation, but, Mrs. Nongnooch made a trip abroad and
came back with a firm decision to create there a tropical garden of ornamental plants and
flowers.
In 1980 it was opened to the public and got an official name "Suan Nong Nooch."
Suan means "garden," since it is a place where everybody concerned can get acquainted with
Thai Culture and Cultural Shows.
More than 2,000 visitors go there everyday.
This garden always looks as it does today.
Also, it is a conservation place for many plants and palms.
Number 1.
Probably the world's most famous garden, Gardens of Versailles were built for Louis XIV and
designed by Andre Le Notre.
The laying out of the gardens required enormous work and forty years for the completion.
Vast amounts of earth had to be shifted to lay out the flower beds, the Orangerie, the
fountains and the Canal, where previously only woods, grasslands and marshes were.
The earth was transported in wheelbarrows, the trees were conveyed by cart from all the
provinces of France and thousands of men, sometimes whole regiments, took part in this
vast enterprise.
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