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United Kingdom

  • Birmingham Botanical Gardens and Glasshouses were opened in 1832. They were designed by J. C. Loudon, a leading garden planner, horticultural journalist and publisher

  • Cambridge University: Botanic garden: A 40 acre oasis of beautifully landscaped gardens and glasshouses right in the heart of the city

  • Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens This unique example of an English Baroque Garden is being restored as near as possible to the period 1680 - 1740 by Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens Trust

  • Cawdor Castle (Scotland):I work at Cawdor Castle: here are a series of pictures of the Castle gardens and some of my colleagues.

  • Chelsea Physic Garden Situated in the heart of Chelsea, this unique Garden is a centre of education, beauty and relaxation.

  • Crarae Gardens: A colourful and informative website showing the glory of one of Scotlands greatest gardens

  • EnjoyBritain.com: Gardens all the gardens in Britain

  • East Ruston Old Vicarage: 1 1/2 miles from the north east coast of Norfolk, it is an oasis of beauty and natural order set in a prairie landscape. The influence of sea and soil, low rainfall and milder winters encourage exotic growth

  • Exbury Gardens is one of the most famous woodland gardens in the world. Rhododendrons, camellias and azaleas abound in this lovely English garden

  • Exploring London's Gardens The website, to be updated regularly, contains a unique seasonal guide to the most spectacular flowers and horticultural features for each month and the best London gardens in which to find them

  • Favourite Gardens & Gardens Stays in South East England

  • GardenLinks Directory presents categorised listings of websites relating to UK gardening and gardens

  • Gardens in Hertfordshire

  • Gardenseeker.com: Gardens to visit

  • Gardens to visit (UK) The National Gardens Scheme has been opening fine gardens to the public to raise money for charity for 75 years

  • Graham's Paradise is a tiny cottage garden cultivated with wildlife in mind, situated in north-west England.

  • Great British Gardens provide an excellent reference for anybody wishing to visit
    gardens in Britain from anywhere in the world

  • Groombridge Place Gardens  Kent

  • Historic Parks and Gardens of Wales This website lists a selection of the most accessible and rewarding, together with a brief description, directions for getting there and conditions of entry, correct at the time of going to press

  • Hodnet Hall Gardens

  • Inverewe Garden in the North West Highlands, Scotland

  • Kiftsgate Court Gardens: Our garden is the creation of three generations of women gardeners. Started by my grandmother Heather Muir in the twenties, continued by my mother Diany Binny from 1950 and now looked after by myself (Anne Chambers) and my husband, plus a little help from our children

  • Mount Ephraim Gardens are in the heart of an 800 acre estate incorporating the house, gardens, progressive fruit farm, small vineyard and grazing. The splendid late Victorian mansion and gardens have magnificent views over the parkland and the Swale and Thames estuary.

  • Mount Stuart House and Gardens The 20th century witnessed further developments, including the replanting of the Rock Garden in the 1950s and 1980s and the remodelling of the Victorian Kitchen Garden by Rosemary Verey in the 1990s. As in the best of gardens work does not stand still: a new contemporary garden was created for the Visitor Centre in 2001 and further developments are proposed

  • Museum of Garden History The Tradescant Garden is a replica 17th century Knot Garden, designed by Lady Salisbury, President of the Tradescant Trust. The garden was officially opened on 26th May 1983 by HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.

  • National Botanic Gardens of Wales

  • National Trust: Places to visit Wherever you are in England, Wales or Northern Ireland you are never far from several National Trust properties. We care for over 248,000 hectares (612,000 acres) of beautiful countryside and welcome visitors to over 300 historic buildings and gardens

  • Ness Botanic Gardens was born of one man's passionate interest in plants and his desire to share that interest with others. When the Liverpool cotton merchant Arthur Kilpin Bulley began to create a garden in 1898, part of which he opened to local residents, he laid the foundations of one of the major botanic gardens in the United Kingdom

  • Penshurst's  Place & Gardens: Another of Penshurst's splendours is the 11-acre formal walled garden, with records dating back to 1346. One of the oldest gardens in private ownership, it remains much as it was when constructed by Sir Henry Sidney in the Elizabethan era

  • Pine Lodge Gardens We have over 6000 labelled plants, many of which are rare or unusual. In addition to rhododendrons, magnolias and camellias, so familiar in Cornish gardens, there are Mediterranean and southern-hemisphere plants grown for all -year-round interest

  • Royal Botanic Gardens Kew The mission of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is: To enable better management of the Earth's environment by increasing knowledge and understanding of the plant and fungal kingdoms - the basis of life on earth

  • Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

  • Royal Horticultural Society: Gardens: RHS Garden Wisley;RHS Garden Rosemoor; RHS Garden Hyde Hall; RHS Garden Harlow Carr

  • St Andrews Botanic Garden in the East of Scotland

  • Sisley Garden Tours: Greetings from Beth and Tony. These pages are for you - where a tantalising glimpse can lead to wonderful memories - where you can relax and enjoy the fruits of our researches into the gardens of many parts of the world.

  • Sissinghurst One of the world’s most celebrated gardens, the creation of Vita Sackville-West and her husband Sir Harold Nicolson

  • Terracotta: poteries et ornamention du jardin

  • The Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh was founded in the 17th century on an area the size of a tennis court. It now extends to 31 hectares (at Inverleith in Edinburgh), incorporates Specialist Gardens at three very different locations in Scotland (Younger, Logan and Dawyck; 50ha, 12ha and 25ha), and is one of the world's finest botanic gardens. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh was founded in the 17th century on an area the size of a tennis court. It now extends to 31 hectares (at Inverleith in Edinburgh), incorporates Specialist Gardens at three very different locations in Scotland (Younger, Logan and Dawyck; 50ha, 12ha and 25ha), and is one of the world's finest botanic gardens

  • The Lost Gardens of Heligan is the largest garden restoration in Europe, and has now become one of the fastest growing visitor attractions in the West

  • The Lost Gardens of Heligan

  • The gardens of Britain are quite rightly lauded as amongst the best in the world and this site features those that are open to the general public. We include many of the most famous and many of the lesser known, but equally as glorious. We have seasonal gardens, historic gardens, impressive parklands, period gardens, cottage gardens, and even garden museums

  • The National Botanic Garden of Wales

  • Trelissick Gardens This tranquil garden and estate is renowned for its glorious position at the head of Carrick Roads, with panoramic views down the estuary towards Falmouth and the sea.

  • U.K. Database of Historic Parks and Gardens The database has been prepared by Landscapes & Gardens at the University of York, and has been enabled by grants from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, and the Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust. It contains outline information on places, their locations by local authority, persons associated and contact names and addresses of those bodies that may have further information

  • Ventnor Botanic Gardens The Botanic Garden on the Isle of Wight is a place where the pleasure of plants can be enjoyed to the fullest, it is also a place where people of all ages can learn more about the wonderful world of plants and the inextricable link that we have with them.

  • Wisley: The garden of the Royal Horticultural Society (R.H.S) at Wisley has become a 'mecca' for garden-lovers everywhere

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France

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Italy

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Other gardens in Europe

  • Alhambra The best and most famous late-medieval castle gardens in Europe stand on a fortified plateau, across a valley from the Generalife and surrounded by the Seirra Nevada mountains

  • Alhambra: plantas

  • Aranjuez: Jardines y Palacios de Aranjuez

  • Ballindoolin is a small to medium size demesne of 130 acres of parkland and 120 acres of fine broad-leafed woodland, and is situated approximately 5 miles north of Edenderry in the county of Kildare (Ireland)

  • Blanes puede considerarse un paraíso para los amantes de la naturaleza, puesto que cuenta con 2 de los jardines botánicos más apreciados de Europa

  • Botanical Garden of the University of Oslo (Norway)

  • Botanic Garden of the University of Copenhagen: The Botanic Garden is probably among the richest gardens on the continent, in the botanical sense, and with its unique location in the middle of a capital

  • Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna Hortus Botanicus Vindobonensis

  • Château et Jardins de Freÿr sur Meuse (Belgique)situé au bord de la Meuse , au mileu d’ une nature inviolée et sauvage

  • Conservatoire & Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève

  • Country House Tours - The Gardens of Ireland which was established in 1978, organizes tailor made tours for individuals or groups, visiting many private homes and meeting Ireland's most famous gardeners

  • Europa Rosarium Hangerhausen Sangerhausen besitzt die größte Rosensammlung der Welt. Das Blütenmeer duftender Rosenschönheiten komponiert eine zauberhafte Farbensinfonie im Rosenpark. Die Millionen Rosenblüten werden jährlich von mehr als 100.000 Besuchern bewundert

  • Gardens of Europe: It is too sweeping to suggest that I cover ALL of Europe and as you will see below our notes on Gardens covers the countries our tours visit - England, Scotland, Wales, France and Belgium - although I have tried to include more gardens than it is possible to visit without becoming repetitive and boring

  • Garden Visit & Travel Guide : The navigation bar leads to the main sections of the Guide and information on:Garden Tours (Europe, America, World) + Travel to gardens. Maps of 1000 Gardens to Visit, in the British Isles, Europe and America. A  History of Garden Design in Britain, Europe and America

  • Het Loo Palace, in the woodland setting of Apeldoorn in the heart of the Netherlands, was the favourite summer residence of the Stadtholders and the Royal Family of the Netherlands from 1686 to 1975

  • Houses, Castles and Gardens of Ireland Formal 17th century gardens, landscape parks of the 18th century, rustic wilderness gardens, 20th century cottage gardens, Dublin townhouse gardens and botanic gardens and arboreta are all represented in this website

  • Keukenhof  In the spring Keukenhof is naturally THE flower attraction of Holland. In the 32 ha park millions of bulb flowers bloom in all colors of the rainbow for eight weeks

  • Jardins d'Annevoie Connus pour leur grande valeur esthétique, historique et culturelle, les jardins d'Annevoie, classés patrimoine majeur de Wallonie, marient avec goût la magie de l'eau et la pureté d'un jardin de style. Créés en 1758, ils tempèrent la rigueur française des effets de symétrie par la fantaisie anglaise du pittoresque et le charme italien des nombreux jeux d'eau

  • Jardin botanique de l'Université et de la Ville de Neuchâtel

  • Jardin botanique de Bâle Botanischer Garten der Universität Basel, Schönbeinstr. 6, 4056 Basel (Schweiz/Switzerland)

  • Jardines de la Granja de San Ildefonso Esta página está dedicada a Los Jardines de la Granja, población que conozco desde niño y en donde vivo actualmente. Quiero mostrar en ella las principales Fuentes, su significado Mitológico, y tambien los lugares más interesantes de los Jardines. Francisco Herrero Fernández.

  • La Granja de San Ildefonso A Spanish baroque garden made for Philip V. The king of Spain was a grandson of Louis XIV, had lived at Versailles and employed French designers

  • Liss Ard (Ireland): The Liss Ard Foundation is an Irish registered charity. Founded in 1990 by Veith Turske, the Foundation is developing one of the most imaginative and exciting landscape projects in the world.

  • Margaret Island (Margitsziget) Budapest's finest green spot located in the middle of the river Danube between Margaret Bridge and Árpád Bridge

  • Maps of 1000 Gardens to Visit, in the British Isles, Europe and America

  • National Botanic Garden of Belgium

  • Open Directory Project: Gardens

  • Palmeras y Jardines en el Suroeste de Europa

  • PalmerGarten is a trust established by the citizens of Frankfurt in 1868.Day lilies, irises, peonies and lilies are displayed in broad herbaceous borders along the pond and the stream

  • Parco Botanico del Gabarogno Entre Piazzogna et Vairano - dans la Riviera du Gambarogno - au sommet d'un mamelon qui semble se jeter dans le lac, le pépiniériste Otto Eisenhut a créé, grâce à la maîtrise de son art, un parc hébergeant une myriade de plantes, sur une superficie totale de plus de 17'000 mètres carrés: environ 950 différentes espèces de camélias et presque autant de magnolias, sans compter les azalées, les pivoines

  • Parcs & Jardins en Hainaut Belgique. Ils sont dix, parmi lesquels on trouve le château d’Attre, réputé pour son rocher XVIIIe ; les remarquables jardins de charmilles de Beloeil, les vestiges du parc d’Enghien, où furent jadis les plus fastueux jardins baroques, le potager historique d’Ecaussines-Lalaing, dont les plates-bandes sont actuellement regarnies ; le parc de Louvignies, dessiné au XIXe siècle par le paysagiste Louis Fuchs ; le parc de Mariemont, qui accueille une remarquable collection dendrologique et sa roseraie remodelée .....

  • Park Wilhelmshöhe Welcome to the informationsystem about Europe's largest hillside park: Park Wilhelmshöhe!

  • Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid (CSIC) El 17 de octubre de 1755, Fernando VI ordenó la creación del Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid, que se instaló en la Huerta de Migas Calientes, en las inmediaciones de lo que hoy se denomina Puerta de Hierro, a orillas del río Manzanares. Contaba con más de 2.000 plantas, recogidas por José Quer, botánico y cirujano, en sus numerosos viajes por la Península u obtenidas por intercambio con otros botánicos europeos

  • Rosenborg Castle In his new gardens outside the ramparts (later Rosenborg Castle Gardens) Christian IV built an “arbour” in 1606-07 which, however, consisted of a two-storey stone building with a turret

  • Roseposten Denmark

  • Sans Souci: A l'origine, le parc de Sans-Souci n'était qu'un jardin en terrasses que Frédéric le Grand avait fait aménager sur une colline aux portes de Potsdam afin d'y cultiver la vigne , le pruneau et la figue

  • Staatliche Gärten in Bayern

  • The Château de Hex (Belgium) was built in the 18th century on a beautiful natural site, by Count Charles-François de Velbrück.

  • The Gardens of Europe :In 2002 we will again be offering our most popular tours, timed to coincide with peak flowering periods

  • The Gardens of Prague Castle The Royal Garden was founded in 1534 by Ferdinand I. He gradually bought old vineyards beyond the valley of the Brusnice stream from their owners, and a renaissance garden began to grow in that area. Later it became famous for botanical rarities and exotic plants from distant lands

  • The Horticultural Garden of the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University in Copenhagen is an old garden with an unique and beautiful collection of trees, bushes and all sorts of perennial plants

  • Turingia: The garden of Turingia The ega cyriaksburg erfurt - one of the largest and most beautiful recreational parks in Germany,

  • Visites des Jardins de France et d'Europe: Vous pouvez consulter sur cette page une liste de jardins à visiter en France et en Europe. La liste est classée par régions et départements, elle comprend tous les détails nécessaire à la visite

  • Zen Gardens in Kyoto: This web site is dedicated to the Japanese garden, and more specifically to the historic gardens of Kyoto and its environs

  • Creating Japanese Zen Gardens Information and history of japanese zen gardens with pictures to create your own japanese garden of sand, stones and rocks

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Garden Travels, Voyages, Viajes

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Miscellaneous: gardens & flowers....& books...& databases....

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