I’ve never seen any of the greatest gardens of the world – yet I plan to one day. I dream off crossing Monet’s bridge at Giverny, France. Or, admiring some of the most amazing conifers at the Kew Botanical Gardens in England.
And while I dream of these places I’m sure there are many who believe that their garden is up amongst the world’s best.
But for this exercise, I’m keen to find out what garden’s of the world we can agree upon as being the best. So, it’s over to you to email me, or comment below, with a garden that you have visited that would certainly rate as one of the greatest gardens of the world.
The only provisos are; (1) you must have physically visited it, and (2) it must be open to the public – so please don’t add any private gardens.
I will update this post to reflect the list of great gardens that we think are the world’s best.
The greatest smallish garden I’ve ever seen has been Pam Lewis’ Sticky Wicket. After a week of visiting glorious gardens in the South of England, this wildlife haven came as a soothing eye-opener as to how plants really behave when they are not coddled and pumped up with GrowMore. Pam follows a strictly environmentalist philosophy, but has at the same time created an incredibly enchanting, lovely, seductive garden.
It’s the one I’d most like to go back to if I could.