Friday Five: Global Gardens Secrets Of Redesign

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Friday Five: Global Gardens

Posted by Piper Vogt in Gardening Advisory

Sometimes its fun to get inspiration from gardens in the rest of the world. Here are five gardens around the globe worth taking a peek at. And if you’re suffering from wanderlust, check out the February video selection at MGG for a look at more gardens around the world.

1. Sissinghurst Castle Garden , Kent, England
The Gardens at Sissinghurst were created in the 1930s by the writer Vita Sackville-West and her husband Sir Harold Nicolson. They were associated with the infamous Bloomsburg Group, a group of writers and artists that included Virginia Wolf. Sissinghurst for many is the quintessential garden complete with many garden rooms including an herb garden, cottage garden, rose garden, white garden, orchard, a nuttery, the lime walk, courtyards, and a moat.

2. Zen Garden at Ryan-ji Temple, Kyoto, Japan
This Japanese rock garden is perhaps the most famous of these Zen gardens, which are called KareSanSui. It is believed the garden was created in the late 1400s. Composed of raked gravel, the garden contains fifteen moss-covered boulders; however from every possible angle, only fourteen of the boulders are visible. No one knows who created the garden or what it symbolizes.

3. Parc Guell, Barcelona, Spain
Designed by the Spanish architect Antonio Gaudi, Parc Guell (pictured above) was constructed over a period of 14 years, from 1900 to 1914. It is not so much a garden as it is a fanciful sculptural landscape based on organic forms found in nature–shells, bones, and columns resembled trunks of palm trees for instance. Although his designs were considered part of the Art Nouveau period, his work is completely original and there has never been anything like it since.

4. Padua Botanical Gardens Padua, Italy
Designed by Daniele Barbaro in 1545, Padua Botanical Gardens (Orto Botanico) at the University in Padua, Italy are the oldest botanical gardens in the world that are still in continuous use. Like many gardens, it was originally used for medicinal purposes. The original design, that of a circular central plot that symbolizes the world, surrounded by a ring of water.

5. Generalife Gardens at La Alhambra , Granada, Spain
Dating to the early 1400s, the water garden courtyard at the Palacio de Generalife, summer home to the sultans, is one of the most famous Islamic gardens in the world. The long narrow pool symbolizes is surrounded by flowers, fountains, and colonnades. There is also a water staircase one of many water features that include terraced water gardens, pools, and fountains.

Recommended reading:
Gardens Around the World: 365 Days
World of Garden Design: Inspiring Ideas from Around the Globe to Your Backyard
Gardening at Sissinghurst
Park Guell: Gaudi’s Utopia

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