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2/10/2018

Horti Leonini in San Quirico, Italy

. size: small

. city park, no entrance fee

. photo from November 2016

Statue of Cosimo III dei Medici

Villandry Chateau Renaissance Gardens

. size: large

. open to public, entrance fee

. photos from May 2017
. the original garden was reconstructed at the beginning of 20th century

The ornamental garden, also called jardin'd amour. It contains four squares representing:

- tender love (hearts with pink/orange flowers),

- passionate love (12 broken hearts with colorful flowers),

- fickle love (butterflies and horns with white/yellow flowers),

- tragic love (swords with red flowers).

Pavillon de l'Audience

The kitchen garden behind the ornamental garden

Vegetables are grown in nine squares of the kitchen garden (jardin potager). Vegetables are planted in March and June.

Villandry chateau jardins also contain a maze, a herbal garden and the Sun garden with a fountain.

1/27/2018

Schönbrunn Garden, Vienna, Austria

. size: big

. open to public, free entrance

. photos from September 2012
. a zoo and a botanical garden also lie in the same park

The garden axis points towards Gloriette (view from Great Parterre)

Colorful begonias in flower beds of Schoenbrunn in September

Schoenbrunn imperial summer residence was supposed to be as magnificent as Versailles. The palace was supposed to be built on the top of the hill. However, the plan was later changed.

Madeira Botanical Garden

. size: medium

. open to public, entrance fee

. photos from March 2017

Jardins du chateau de Versailles

. open to public, entrance fee

. size: big (garden axis is 3 km long)

. photos from June 2013

Versailles garden was made by architects Le Notre and Le Vau and painter Le Brune. The three of them also made a garden in Vaux le Vicomte for the finance minister Foquet. Versailles is bigger and more magnificent than Vaux le Vicomte but its parts look less connected.

The orangery

Close up of a pattern

One of many fountains. Do not miss the fountains show (grandes eaux) when visiting the garden.

Grotto des Bains d'Apollon (Apollon's bath). It was first located in a bosco and later moved in a romantic environment of an artificial cliff.

The pyramid fountain

Sežana Botanic Garden

. size: small
. open to public, free entrance
. Photos from August 2013

Les Jardins d'Etretat, France

. size: medium

. open to public, entrance fee
. made by IL NATURE landscape architects

. photos from May 2017

The futuristic garden of Etretat offers a collection of contemporary art.

Views on Etretat Cliffs

The green sculptures

Mushroom sculptures detail

Led Jardins d'Etretat are subdivided into The Avatar Garden, The Emotion Garden, The Power Garden, The Orchid Garden, Garden of Sounds, The Parnasse Garden ...