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The World's Strangest and Most Magnificent Gardens

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The World's Strangest Gardens - 18 Strange Gardens. 10 Most Breathtaking Gardens in the World - Oddee.com (great gardens, amazing gardens) The Garden of Cosmic Speculation – Scotland 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. Keukenhof Gardens – The Netherlands An unprecedented wealth of spectacular floral displays planted in endless varieties, alternated with beautiful works of art. Suan Nong Nooch – Thailand This incredible park is situated in Pattaya, Thailand. In 1980 it was opened to the public and got an official name "Suan Nong Nooch. " Versailles – France Probably the world's most famous garden, it was built for Louis XIV and designed by Andre Le Notre. Yuyuan Garden – China. The World's Most Stunning Gardens (PHOTOS) Beautiful Gardens From Around The World – 13 pictures | World inside pictures.

1.Boboli Gardens The Bobobli Gardens, behind the Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy were groundbreaking in the early 18th century for their open design. 2.Rikugien Gardens ”Rikugien literally means ‘six poems garden’ and reproduces in miniature 88 scenes from famous poems. 3.Claude Monet Gardens in Giverny The pool with nympheas, in Claude Monet’s garden at Giverny. 4.Butchart Gardens, Victoria, B.C. The Butchart Gardens at Todd Inlet, which lie around 14 miles from Victoria B.C., covers more than 55 acres of the 130 acre Butchart Estate. 5.Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens Table Mountain looms in the distance of this vista from Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens in South Africa. 6.Yu Gardens – Shanghai The 400-year-old Yu Gardens were built in the Ming Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Jia Jin, and restored in the 1960s. 8.Exbury Gardens – New Forest, England Amazing colors reflect on the calm waters of Exbury Lake.

The World's Strangest and Most Magnificent Gardens. One of my FAVORITE gardens is missing from this list: Las Posas in Xilitla, Mexico, designed and built by James Edwards, a patron of the Surrealist Movement. It was a garden well-known for it's orchids and its natural pools and waterfalls. SExpand. The world's most magnificent gardens - Totaltravel.