Tracker Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Having visited and enjoyed the Chaumont Sur Loire garden festival last year and several other Chateaux, and the Floriade in Holland a few years ago we now have a taste for fancy gardens in the sunshine. Does anyone know of others worthy of a visit please and if so could they share the info with us as if nothing else it gives me a jolly good reason to suggest the basis for yet another holiday abroad! Many thanks folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rupert123 Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 I have little time for gardens but my wife loves them. I got dragged to the island garden of Mainau on lake Constance a few years ago and even I had to admit it was pretty good, even returned to it last year, great sausage, chips and a German beer to at reasonable cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candapack Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 The only one that springs to mind is Chateau de Villandry, west of Tours and on a tributary of the Loire. Not that far from Chaumont, so you may have been last year. If not, worth a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 You might like the " Biggest Japanese garden in Europe " at Maulevrier - a few miles south east of Cholet. If it sounds interesting It has its' own website for any more info. :-| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will86 Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Not many responses unfortunately no doubt all rushing south, we visit many in the UK. Looking via Google there are several advertised as you will know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted March 22, 2015 Author Share Posted March 22, 2015 Thanks folks, this one is not worth the time unless you are passing as it is shambolic and very few plants are named - the owners are pleasant enough though but it needs a huge investment of time and cash to get it back to it's best. http://www.lesjardinsderoquelin.com/site2/ Henry - That's how I got started on gardens, on the basis that if Dot is happy then so am I! Mainau sounds good we can go there when we travel the Alpine Strasse in Germany. Malc D - Thanks - Maulevrier looks like a definite for this year - according to SWMBO! Chris - Thanks we went to Villandray last year and enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJB Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Try Hannover in Germany and the Het Loo palace gardens in Holland. Two from my very limited memory, although I do remember the free flying Macaws at Het Loo!! :-D PS Schloss Charlottenburg is also worth a visit, another German one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Hopefully I can attach a couple of photos of the Japanese gardens at Maulevrier : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FRANKP60 Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Monet gardens in Givieny France, was able to stay in car park ,no facilitiesj, but you can then enter gardens when they open and crowds come .Lovely place to visit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spospe Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Monet's garden at Giverney is worth a look. Best go in the evening as it is much quieter than first thing, when the world and his wife try to beat the rush. Last few time we visited, we stayed on the terrased car park opposite the entrance over night for free; no facilities, but a good spot to stay. GPS data for the car park / Aire at Giverney: they are Rue Hélène Pillon / Rue Claude Monet Giverney 27620 GPS: N 49.07627 and E 1.53415 I should also mention that there are adjacent café / restaurants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted March 22, 2015 Author Share Posted March 22, 2015 Thanks Michael - we have been to Giverney several times and love it and the adjacent parking is a real bonus as a nice place to stop on the way home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Joe90 Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 If Topariary is of interest head for Jardin Eyrignac, simply stunning, the icing on the cake being our request to overnight was met with Oui monsieur and being told we could go back in the gardens the following day on the same tickets...................and some folk ask us why we return to France year after year. http://www.eyrignac.com/en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billggski Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Villa Il Trattone, Sorrento Palazzo Reale, Caserta La Mortella, Ischia Guarding de Ninfa, sermonette Torrecchia, Cisterna di Latina Villa Adriana, Roma Villa d'Este, Tivoli Villa Alobrandini, Frascati Villa Wolkonsky, Roma Villa Farnese, Caprarola Villa Lante, Bagnaia Castiello Ruspoli, Vignanello Sacro Bosco, Bomarza Villa Castello, Firenze Giardino di Boboli, Firenze Villa Gaberraia, Settignano Villa La Pietra, Firenze Villa I Tatti, Firenze La Firce, Val d'Orcia Villa Cetinale, Sienna Villa Torrigiani, Camagliano Villa Reale, Marlia Orto Botanico, Padova Villa Barbarigo, Valsanzibio Villa Pisani, Stra Giardino Giusti Verona Villa Balbianello, Lenno Isola Borghese, Lagos di Garda Villa Melzi d'Eril, Bellagio Isola Bella, Lagos Maggiore Are all Monty Don's favourites. I have a similar list for France which I have failed to complete so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brambles Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 I am not a lover of formal gardens but I do love the Public parks and gardens around Stuttgart. They have some amazing landscaping and are beatiful places. In Stuttgart you are never far from a park and gardens and you can walk from Killesburg to the town centre all through parks and gardens (miles and miles) and yet you are in the middle of a busy city and would never know it. Another favourite is the Arboretum near Kamnik in Slovenia http://www.arboretum.si/en/ which is a lovely large park with gardens, water ponds, formal and informal gardens. It is well worth a visit if you are in the area. So out of the whole of Europe and all the places I have been I pick these two so must be good. The campsite in Kamnik is basic but friendly and is a very interesting town and easy to do a day trip to Ljubljana on the old and worn out trains and visit the castle and centre which makes another great day out full on interest. In Stuttgart you can always go out to Ludwigsburg and take an informal walk through Favorit park, see lots of deer, and then wonder up to the Palace and visit the Formal Gardens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggyd Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Have you been to the Kaukenhoff Gardens in Holland ? beautiful in Spring when all the bulbs are out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kait K Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 In 1906, Joachim Carvallo purchased the property and poured an enormous amount of time, money and devotion into repairing it and creating what many consider to be the most beautiful gardens anywhere. Its famous Renaissance gardens include a water garden, ornamental flower gardens, and vegetable gardens. The gardens are laid out in formal patterns created with low box hedges. In 1934, Château de Villandry was designated a Monument historique. Like all the other châteaux of the Loire Valley, it is a World Heritage Site. Well worth a visit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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