Dumbarton Oaks is a famous 19th century mansion situated in Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) famous for its gardens. Currently housing the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, a scholarship center for Byzantine studies and landscape architecture history( since the year 1940) which now publishes the journal Dumbarton Oaks Papers and other reference books in their major [...]
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The Best Gardens Part 4: Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, France
Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild is a majestic garden which was constructed between 1905 and 1912 at Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat on the Mediterranean coastline of the south eastern corner of France by Baroness Béatrice de Rothschild. It is a beautiful garden built on the headland on the isthmus of Cap Ferrat . An example of exemplary human-made structure [...]
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Filoli, which is counted as one of the most beautiful and famous gardens of America is situated at 30 miles south of San Francisco. This beautiful garden has Crystal Springs Lake at north and it is situated at eastern slope of Santa Cruz Mountains. The lake at the north, pleasant atmosphere and placement at Pacific [...]
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Moving on to the next in the series of Best gardens around the world, we have Exbury Gardens which is located in England. The Exbury Gardens along with the steam railway is considered to be a magical place which will just attract your undivided attention for a while. Counted in some of the top most [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The Best Gardens In The World Part 1: Butchart Gardens, British Colombia
The Butchart Gardens is one of the most famous gardens in the world which is counted among the best of the best. Its no less than a heaven out there at Butchart Gardens located in British Colombia. The breathtaking views will keep you stunned for some time while there, they look out of this world, [...]
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