Fondation Monet in Giverny

. size: medium

. open to public, entrance fee

. photos from May 2017

Claude Monet's house

The garden is divided into to parts. The fist part lies in front of the house and consist from straight lined flower beds.

Close up of one of the flower beds in the first part of the garden as seen in May.

The second part of the garden is the famous pond with a green Japanese bridge and oriental plants.

The famous pond where Monet painted his Nympheas. In the beginning of May there were no water lilies blooming, but there was a wisteria hanging down from the pergola over the green bridge.

Monte Palace Tropical Garden, Madeira

. size: big

. open to public, entrance fee

. photos from March 2017

Terra Nostra Garden, Azores, Portugal

. size: medium to big

. open to public, entrance fee

. thermal pools

. bubbling pond

. deep purple hydrangeas, typical for Azores islands

. orchids are grown outdoors in the garden

Brdo pri Kranju Park, Slovenia

. size: medium

. open to public, entrance fee

. Brdo pri Kranju Park is a popular place to get married.

. Yugoslavian president Tito used this place as a summer residence. Now the historic villa in Brdo hosts protocolar events.

Exotic Orto botanico di Palermo, Sicily, Italy

. public

. entrance fee includes several greenhouses for ferns and succulents

. size: large

Photos from March 2016

The garden offers a great collection of citruses.

Banana Blossom

Green shadow dances ...

See our young banana-tree

patterning the screen.

Shiki

Cotton Tree Avenue

Strelitia Blossom

In the middle of the picture, you can see a big round pond called Aquarium.

The Laghetto of papyrus

An old silent pond ...

A frog jumps into the pond,

splash! Silence again.

Basho Matsuo

Ljubljana botanic garden

Ljubljana botanical garden, *1810 (Botanični vrt Ljubljana) is a great place to relax and have a drink in a bar, called Primula. Unlike Tivoli in the city centre, this is a quiet and peaceful place. Best time to visit is early in the morning.

. open to public

. entrance fee only to the tropical glasshouse
. middle sized garden

breakfast at Primula 

Grey heron

Red eared turtle

Poppy field in early summer

Forget-me-nots, dandelions and white daffodils

You may be also interested in other gardens in Slovenia, including: 

Arboretum Volčji Potok,

Tivoli in the capital centre, 

Tal 2000,

Mozirski Gaj, 

Alpinum Juliana Trenta,

Gardens by Juta Krulc in Žiri village.