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Indulge in flowers, plants and nature – Top ten garden highlights of 2020 1 March marks the beginning of spring, according to the meteorological calendar, and with spring comes the warm sun rays and the early songbirds right outside our windows. But nothing says spring more than the first wonderful flower buds and the much-anticipated colourful displays in our gardens and parks. That’s why we now celebrate the arrival of all that horticulture with the following feature where we present the top ten garden highlights across the DACH region. TEXT: NANE STEINHOFF
Not everyone is lucky enough to have a garden, or even a balcony, so heading to public parks and gardens, as well as fascinating garden shows is a must – not only for horticulture fans. Even though one would associate garden shows more with England, as the country is notorious for its large and extravagant garden shows, the countries of Germany, Austria and Switzerland have, in fact, quite an impressive garden show portfolio on offer, 36 | Issue 84 | March 2020
too. Let’s therefore take a look at the top ten gardens and garden shows. 1) English Garden, Munich A large public park in the centre of Munich, the English Garden was created in 1789 by Sir Benjamin Thompson, later Count Rumford, for Prince Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria. It stretches from the city centre to the north-eastern city limits and counts as one of the world’s
largest urban parks. No wonder, then, that it has a lot to offer for horticulture fans. Not only does it boast beautiful beer gardens, the possibility to go surfing and numerous other leisure activities, but it has a lot to offer for plant enthusiasts, such as vast flower displays, lush plant mazes and beautiful landscape architecture. (Open all year round, admission free. The closest subway stop – U3, U4, U5 and U6 to ‘Marienplatz’.) 2) Jardin Anglais, Geneva This great green space is iconic because of its beautiful flower-clock sculpture. But the Jardin Anglais in Geneva has far more to offer than merely this, such as an 1862 fountain, as well as beautiful views across Lake Geneva. No wonder it’s a tourist hot spot! Dogs are welcome, too, as long as