Most beautiful gardens in the world
Longwood Gardens
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Longwood Gardens is an American botanical garden. It consists of over 1,077 acres (436 hectares; 4.36 km²) of gardens, woodlands, and meadows in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, United States in the Brandywine Creek Valley. It is one of the premier horticultural display gardens in the United States and is open to visitors year-round to enjoy native and exotic plants and horticulture (both indoor and outdoor), events and performances, seasonal and themed attractions, as well as educational lectures, courses, and workshops
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The Butchart Gardens is a group of floral display gardens in Brentwood Bay, British
Columbia, Canada, located near Victoria on Vancouver Island. The gardens receive over
a million visitors each year. The gardens have been designated a National Historic Site of Canada Robert Pim Butchart (1856–1943)
began manufacturing Portland cement in 1888
near his birthplace of Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. He
and his wife Jennie Butchart (1866–1950)
came to the west coast of Canada because of rich limestone deposits necessary
for cement production
The New York Botanical Garden in Bronx, New York, United
States
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The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) is a botanical garden at Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York City. Established in 1891, it is located on a 250-acre (100 ha) site that contains a landscape with over one million living plants; the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, a greenhouse containing several habitats; and the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, which contains one of the world's largest collections of botany-related texts. As of 2016, over a million people visit the New York Botanical Garden annually.
Limahuli Garden & Preserve in Kauai, Hawaii, United States
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The Limahuli Garden and Preserve (17 acres or 6.9 ha of garden, 985 acres or 399 ha of preserve) is a botanical garden and nature preserve on the north shore of Kauaʻi island, Hawaiʻi. It is one of the five gardens of the non-profit National Tropical Botanical Garden.
In 1997 Limahuli Garden was selected by the American Horticultural Society as
the best natural botanical garden in the United States. In 2007, it received
the top "Keep It Hawaiʻi" award from the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority
for its support of the Hawaiian culture, protection and development of Hawaiian knowledge by preservation of natural resources
through research, hands-on work, and educational opportunities
Keukenhof in Lisse, Netherlands
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Keukenhof (English: "Kitchen garden also known as the Garden of Europe, is one of the world's largest flower gardens, situated in the municipality of Lisse, in the Netherlands. According to the official website, Keukenhof Park covers an area of 32 hectares (79 acres) and approximately 7 million flower bulbs are planted in the gardens annually. Keukenhof is widely known for its tulips, it also features numerous other flowers, including hyacinths, daffodils, lilies, roses, carnations and irises.
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in Cape Town,
South Africa
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Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, London
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Kew Gardens is a botanic garden in southwest London that houses the "largest and most diverse botanical and mycological collections in the world". Founded in 1840, from the exotic garden at Kew Park, its living collections includes some of the 27,000 taxa curated by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, while the herbarium, which is one of the largest in the world, has over 8.5 million preserved plant and fungal specimens. The library contains more than 750,000 volumes, and the illustrations collection contains more than 175,000 prints and drawings of plants. It is one of London's top tourist attractions and is a World Heritage Site.
The Master-of-Nets in Suzhou, China
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The Master of the Nets Garden pinyin: Wǎngshī yuán; Suzhouese: Wu Chinese: in Suzhou is among the finest gardens in China. It is recognized with other classical Suzhou gardens as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The garden demonstrates Chinese garden designers' adept skills for synthesizing art, nature, and architecture to create unique metaphysical masterpieces. The Master of the Nets is particularly regarded among garden connoisseurs for its mastering the techniques of relative dimension, contrast, foil, sequence and depth, and borrowed scenery.
Nongnooch Tropical Garden in Pattaya, Thailand
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Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden is a 500-acre (2.0 km2) botanical garden and tourist attraction at kilometer 163 on Sukhumvit Road in Chonburi Province, Thailand. It can be reached via bus, taxi or private land transportation. It is also a major scientific center dedicated to cycade with its own Cycad Gene Bank.
Claude Monet’s Garden in Giverny, France
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Several American Impressionist artists also settled in
Giverny, drawn by the landscapes, the overall atmosphere, and the presence of
Monet. Other attractions include the Museum of Impressionism Giverny, dedicated
to the history of impressionism and the Giverny art colony, and the Hôtel
Baudy, which was the center of artistic life in Giverny's heyday. It is now a
café and restaurant, with period decoration.
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