Gardens: Famous

While it is true that some of the most beautiful gardens are also some of the smallest or overlooked, the majority of everybody's first experience with truly magnificient gardens are those that are well known. Quite often, these famous gardens are able to expand initially and really achieve enormous acreage because they're actually parts of a larger estate that was donated or named in honor of wealthy individuals.

Other famous gardens get their boost from city or state governments or other entities. One thing about these more well-known gardens is that they're more crowded! As such, you're going to always want to plan ahead - make reservations where applicable and if possible try to plan to visit on weekdays. Avoid holidays if you can, as they are often times when the more famous gardens fill up with garden-happy people.

Below are the gardens in this category, listed by region:










A Guide to Seville, Spain: Including Landmarks, Museums, Parks and Gardens, Festivals, Dances, Cuisine, and Famous Natives
by: Dakota Stevens
The book focuses on the city of Seville including the places to see, festivals, dances, cuisine, and more. You will discover that Seville, although a small city, is a stop not to miss while you are in Spain.

Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into ... [reviews]


1001 Gardens You Must See Before You Die
Garden lovers and discriminating travelers will relish this armchair tour of the most beautiful and interesting gardens around the world. Succinct descriptions with stunning color photos showcase the creations of the world's outstanding landscape gardeners, architects, and garden designers. From Spain's famous gardens of the Moorish Alhambra at Granada to San Diego's Healing Garden, created for ... [reviews]


A Guide to the Great Gardens of the Philadelphia Region
by: Adam Levine
Philadelphia and its surrounding towns--the horticultural epicenter of the U.S.--has more public gardens than almost any other region in the world. This indispensable, pocket-sized guide helps residents and visitors locate and enjoy nearly 100 gardens. [reviews]


A Guide to the Gardens of Kyoto
by: Marc Treib
Designed for the layman as well as the professional, this concise yet comprehensive guide provides both practical information and theoretical insights into the design of the Japanese garden. Kyoto, the capital of Japan for over one thousand years, possesses a richness of garden art without equal as a living chronicle of Japanese cultural history and environmental design. Following the ... [reviews]

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