10 most beautiful gardens in the world

We invite you to go on a virtual journey through the ten most fascinating gardens on our planet.

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1. Kew Gardens, London The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew cover an area of 132 hectares and contain more than 50,000 plant species. These gardens are decorated in a traditional English style, and within their territory are several architectural attractions, such as the Kew Palace, Pagoda, Japanese Gate, Alpine House, and others.

2. Keukenhof, The Netherlands The Royal Keukenhof Flower Park is very popular among tourists. This piece of paradise is famous for its tulip fields. Also, many varieties of daffodils, hyacinths, lilacs, and orchids grow here. The park covers an area of about 32 hectares.

3. Suan Nong Nooch, Thailand. Nong Nooch Tropical Park is located near the resort town of Pattaya. These 240 hectares of little paradise contain the greatest variety of palm trees and cycads, as well as many species of orchids. The park was opened in 1980 and since then about 2 thousand people visit it daily.

4. Gardens of Versailles, France. The Gardens of Versailles, founded in 1661 by King Louis XIV and designed by the famous architect André Le Nôtre, are on the UNESCO World Heritage List and attract over six million visitors a year. The gardens cover an area of 800 hectares, and most of their landscape is decorated in a classic French style. Every year from early spring to late autumn, on weekends, visitors to the Gardens of Versailles can enjoy the Fountain Festival, when all the park's fountains are in full swing.

5. Butchart Gardens, Canada. The Butchart Flower Gardens, located on Vancouver Island, are visited by millions of people every year. These fabulous gardens not only contain many varieties of flowers, trees, and plants; there are also tiered cascading waterfalls, elaborately designed fountains, bridged streams, and pools.

6. Desert Botanical Gardens, Phoenix, Arizona The Botanical Garden was founded in 1937 and today you can see more than 21,000 plant species, of which 139 species are on the verge of extinction. This garden is the pride of Phoenix citizens and a popular tourist destination.

7. Yu Yuan Garden, China. Yu Yuan is a famous classical garden located in Shanghai, it covers an area of about 4 hectares. Every corner of this pastoral garden is a small piece of Chinese culture.

8. Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, Florida The garden contains collections of rare tropical plants including palm trees, cycads, flowering trees, and vines. Plants from South Florida, the Caribbean, the islands of Oceania, tropical Africa, and Madagascar are collected here. The area of the garden is 34 hectares.

9. Garden of Cosmic Reflections, Scotland This unique garden is remarkable not so much for its different types of plants, but for its unusual philosophy. Its creators were inspired by science, so various phenomena are reproduced in the landscape of the garden, such as clusters of stars, black holes, fractals, DNA chains, and much more. In this garden, you can meet rich people from all over the world. Why? Because Scotland is an offshore zone and large entrepreneurs open offshore Scottish companies there. Great place to do business and enjoy the beauty.

10. Majorelle Garden, Marrakech, Morocco. This amazingly beautiful oriental garden was created at the beginning of the 20th century by a French artist named Jacques Majorelle, and in 1980 it was acquired and restored by the famous couturier Yves Saint Laurent. The garden is full of rare plants collected from all five continents, as well as from the islands. Particularly impressive specimens of the garden's flora include an extensive collection of cacti, a bamboo forest, and a palm area with over 400 species of palms.