A list of the world's top 10 gardens is offered by The National. I am sure we can all put together a similar list, and I just did. But its not that easy to whittle down from thousands of gardens to just ten. From those I have visited and for what it is worth here is my top 10 historic gardens - in no particular order. Would love to hear your thoughts and favourites:
1 El Novillero
2 Stourhead
3 Villa d'Este
4 Ryoan-ji
5 The Lingering Garden
6 Chatsworth
7 La Granja
8 Vaux-le-Vicomte
9 Ram Bagh
10 Rousham
Not Rousham again!!!???
ReplyDeleteSigh... Well, this helps me understand why it leaves me relatively cold http://thinkingardens.co.uk/articles/parks-or-gardens-by-alison-levey/
Thanks for the comment, Anne, and sorry the R-word does nothing for you. I still hold it is a top garden both as an historical entity and because most times as a visitor you can experience it as a landscape should be. Without throngs of other visitors. For me this lack of distraction helps me to get 'inside' and understand the landscape.
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