I just wanna spend my life with you
Pyar hota hai to hota hai ya hota hi nahi
Weekends are a bit like rainbows;
they look good from a distance but disappear when
you get up close to them. ~John Shirley
Shown below are some of the gardens where
taking a weekend stroll is a pleasure.
- Versaille Versailles, probably the world's most famous garden, was built for Louis XIV and designed by André Le Nôtre.
- The Garden of Cosmic Speculation Strange landforms abound in Charles Jencks' Garden of Cosmic Speculation.
- Boboli Gardens The Bobobli Gardens, behind the Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy were groundbreaking in the early 18th century for their open design.
- Rikugien Gardens "Rikugien literally means 'six poems garden' and reproduces in miniature 88 scenes from famous poems."
- Claude Monet Gardens in Giverny The pool with nympheas, in Claude Monet's garden at Giverny.
- Butchart Gardens, Victoria, B.C. The Butchart Gardens at Todd Inlet, which lie around 14 miles from Victoria B.C., covers more than 55 acres of the 130 acre Butchart Estate.
- Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens Table Mountain looms in the distance of this vista from Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens in South Africa.
- Yu Gardens - Shanghai The 400-year-old Yu Gardens were built in the Ming Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Jia Jin, and restored in the 1960s.
- Abraham Lincoln Memorial Gardens Designed by Jens Jensens in the 1930s, the Lincoln Memorial Gardens are planted with native species from the three states Lincoln lived in: Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois.
- Exbury Gardens - New Forest, England Amazing colors reflect on the calm waters of Exbury Lake.
- Holland's Keukenhof Gardens A showpiece for Holland's unique and beautiful tulips, the manicured landscapes of Keukenhof Gardens abut the rainbow rows of blooming Tulips near Amsterdam.
- Mirabell Garden in Salzburg The world-famous Mirabell Gardens were built along a north-south axis and oriented towards the Hohensalzburg Fortress and the Salzburger Dom cathedral.
- Ryan-ji Zen Garden in Kyoto, Japan In Kyoto's Ry�an-ji Zen Garden, the empty space is implicitly structured, and is aligned with the temple's architecture.
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