Gardens and Parks

DEEP inside his massive garden of handmade waterfalls and sculptures, Nek Chand recalls toiling away secretly in the dead of night for a staggering 18… Read the rest

The house of the Parc du Bois des Moutiers was created for Guillaume Mallet by Sir Edwin Lutyens and is built in the Arts and Crafts style for which L… Read the rest

La Mortella (The Myrtle), is the former home of English composer Sir William Walton and his Argentinian wife, Lady Susana Walton. Shortly after World… Read the rest

Parc des Buttes Chaumont is a 30 minute walk from Parc de la Villette. This park was built 150 years ago, at the time of the l’Exposition universelle… Read the rest

Churchillparken is a public park in Copenhagen, Denmark, occupying a tract of land between Kastellet, a 17th-century fortress, and the street Esplanad… Read the rest

In 1876, more than 10 million people journeyed to Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park for the nation’s Centennial Exposition. Today, the expanse remains a… Read the rest

An oasis of lush vegetation can be found in an arid region of Iran. The Fin Garden is regarded as one of the most beautiful gardens of its type, and i… Read the rest

Alpenzoo is the Europe’s highest zoo and has more than 2,000 animals and 150 different species coming from the Alpine area; from ibexes, brown b… Read the rest

Hamburg’s Botanical Gardens comprise 61 acres (25 hectares) filled with a vast array of exotic plants and flowers. The gardens are maintained by the U… Read the rest

Born of boosterism and reform movements that swept rapidly-growing Prairie cities during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Winnipeg’s Assiniboin… Read the rest