In April 2008 I started a group called Historical Gardens on photo-sharing site flickr, in which photos of both famous and obscure historical gardens are collected by photographers around the world. The group has been growing continuously over time and now spans all continents and many countries.
The weekly updates I wanted to do earlier were a ridiculous plan, so I now have a four week update -which results in a ridiculously huge list. I’ll find some kind of optimum one day ;-)
In weeks 17 to 20 pictures of the following gardens have been added:
- Australia:
Royal Botanic Gardens (Sydney).
- Belgium:
Kasteel Gaasbeek (Gaasbeek).
- China:
Canglan Pavilion Garden (Great Wave Pavilion) (Sozhou).
Couple’s Retreat Garden (?u Yuán) (Sozhou).
Guo’s Villa (Guo Zhuang) (Hangzhou).
Lion Grove Garden (Shi Zi Lin) (Sozhou).
Master of the Nets Garden (Wang Shi Yuan) (Sozhou).
The Humble Administrator’s Garden (Zhou Zheng Yuan) (Sozhou).
Tiger Balm Garden (Hong Kong).
Yuyuan (Shanghai).
Zhan Yuan Garden (Chan Yuan) (Nanjing).
- England:
Barber-Surgeons’ garden (London).
Bridge End Gardens (Saffron Walden).
Coughton Court (Coughton).
Eltham Palace (Greenwich).
Mount Edgcumbe (Torpoint).
New Hall (Walmley).
Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew Gardens) (Kew).
St Olave Hartstreet (London).
Stourhead (Stourton).
Tatton Park (Knutsford).
Windsor Great Park (Windsor).
Winterbourne Botanical Garden (Birmingham).
- France:
Château de Dampierre (Dampierre-en-Ivelines).
Château de Marquessac (Vézac).
Château de Roche-Courbon (Saint-Porchaire).
Château Hautefort (Hautefort).
Jardins de Eyrignac (Salignac-Eyvigues).
Jardins des Faïenciers (Sarreguemines).
- Germany:
Eremitage (Bayreuth).
Schloß Rosenau (Coburg).
Wilhelma (Stuttgart).
- Hungary:
Schloss Fertöd (Esterházy) (Fertöd).
- Italy:
Giardino Buanaccorsi (Potenza Picena).
Villa Aldobrandini (Frascati).
Villa d’Este (Tivoli).
Villa Lante (Bagnaia).
Sacro Bosco / Villa Orsini (Bomarzo).
- Ireland:
Powerscourt Gardens (Enniskerry).
- Japan:
Kenrokuen (Kanazawa).
Korakuen (Okayama).
- Morocco:
Andalusian garden (Kasbah des Oudaïa) (Rabat).
Jardin Majorelle (Marrakech).
- Netherlands:
Clingendael (Den Haag / The Hague).
De Duno (Oosterbeek).
Gooilust (‘s-Graveland).
Klooster Ter Apel (Ter Apel).
Schoonoord (Rotterdam).
- Portugal:
Palácio de Monserrate (Sintra).
Quinta da Regaleira (Sintra).
- Scotland:
Glasgow Botanic Garden (Glasgow).
- South Africa:
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden (Cape Town).
- Spain:
Casa Alegre de Sagrera (Terrassa).
Jardines de la Galera (Badajoz).
Jardins Artigas (Castellar de n’Hug).
La Granja de San Ildefonso (Segovia).
- USA:
Airlie Gardens (Wilmington).
Golden Gate Park (San Francisco).
Hakone Gardens (Saratoga).
Sutro Heights Park (San Francisco).
Tryon Palace (New Bern).
- Wales:
Powis Castle (Welshpool).
A big thank you for everyone sharing their photos.