Gardens · a Vonda Wanderlist

Nature, edited.

1,341 places for gardens travel, gathered from every corner of the map.

Biltmore Estate · via Wikimedia Commons

A great garden is an argument that patience is a design tool. Somebody planted a tree knowing they would never sit under it — you get to.

via Wikimedia Commons

First stop

Biltmore, America's grandest backyard

A French château dropped into the Blue Ridge Mountains, with grounds by the man who designed Central Park. The house is the postcard; the gardens are the reason to stay past lunch.

✦ April for gardens; late November for holiday decorations · $$$ · North Carolina, United States of America

Meet Biltmore Estate

Chapter I

The formal school

Parterres, follies, waterfalls piped through monastery grounds — gardens as theatre, with hedges for curtains.

Kroměříž Flower Garden

Zlín Region, Czech Republic

✦ May to September · $

Monasterio de Piedra

Aragon, Spain

✦ spring and autumn · $$

Sonnenberg Gardens

New York, United States of America

✦ late spring to autumn · $$

Every place in this Wanderlist

4 places, no itinerary.

Biltmore Estate

North Carolina, United States of America

✦ April for gardens; late November for holiday decorations · $$$