Nature and garden

Made Explore on June 10th.
Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens – Tokyo – Japan

Link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nippak/

Taken during the Tour of Gardens
McDonough, Georgia

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English garden for all seasons. Winner Daily Mail National Garden Competition 2007. Winner Walsall in Bloom 2006. http://www.fourseasonsgarden.co.uk

hidcote gardens cotswolds

from http://www.flickr.com/photos/8744268@N08/529567383/

Stowe Landscape Gardens were created from the 1700s when Sir Richard Temple employed the best garden designers and architects. The Temple family continued this work over several generations.

The HDR consists of three handheld exposures at EV -2.0, 0.0 and +2.0 taken using a Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II prime lens; the software used was Dynamic-Photo HDR.

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A new garden laid out in front of the Baroque or east front of the mansion and named after the first Head Gardener at Wentworth, John Arnold. This area once accommodated the gigantic octagonal basin and fountain which was replaced in the late 18th century by simple flowing parkland to reflect new trends in garden and landscape design at that time.

In 1709, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (of the 2nd creation) set out to create an estate on a grand scale to eclipse the nearby estate of his cousin and rival at Wentworth Woodhouse.

Wentworth Castle is a Grade 1 listed building and is home to the Northern College for Residential Adult Education.

Unfortunately,the contents of the House were sold off and dispersed in 1948.

Wentworth Castle Gardens & Stainborough Park is the only Grade One Listed landscape in South Yorkshire, and contains a collection of 26 listed buildings and monuments.

The estate is now in the process of being restored, and over £16m was raised to complete phase one of the restoration (2004-08). Rare formal gardens have been rediscovered, national collections of Rhododendrons, Camellias and Magnolias enhanced and over 100,000 bulbs planted.

Wentworth Castle, was the seat of the recreated Earls of Strafford.

source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/45777493@N06/

This is the beautiful main home of Conestoga Gardens in Lancaster, PA. The estate originally was built and occupied by the Steinman family until their death then became a public garden.

by wdbrad52

I love the way it opens up into another garden…

http://www.gdeb.com/organizations/EBAC/garden_club/kinney.htm

The formal part of the garden, seen here, is mainly planted with annuals. This is not how it looked like at Monet’s time, when it had a more rustic feel, but it’s impressive all the same. Maintenance of the present garden is extremely labour-intensive, but considering the large numbers of tourists flocking to this famous place, money should not be a problem. The picture shows the formal part of the garden in May 2010.

If you prefer the captions in German please visit http://www.secretgardens.ch/inspirationen

One of the gardens at Tiger Hill, Suzhuo City, China. The hill is so named because it is said to look like a crouching tiger. This is a popular tourist destination and is known for its natural beauty as well as historical sites. (These photos were taken in late March.)

There are FIVE (5) garden images in this series. Please let me know which one(s) you LIKE best.