Botanical and public gardens worldwide give people a fascinating place to escape from daily hardships and take in the beauty of the natural world. Best gardens have long been cherished as wonders of design and creativity.

Here are the Best Gardens in the World to Visit

1. Keukenhof, Lisse, Netherland

 

Keukenhof is also known as the Garden of Europe. It is one of the world’s largest flower gardens. This garden is located in the municipality of Lisse, in the Netherlands. The beautiful garden covers an area of 32 hectares. In the garden, approximately 7 million flower bulbs are planted annually. Before Keukenhof Castle was built in 1649 this garden was a fruit and vegetable garden for the kitchen of Teylingen Castle. Keukenhof Garden is popular for its tulips, it even features many other flowers such as hyacinths, daffodils, lilies, roses, carnations, and irises. The garden has seven types of tulips. In 1950, the garden was opened to the public, it received 200,000 visitors in its first year. The garden also features restaurants, cafes, bike, and boat tours.

2. Gardens of Versailles

 

The Gardens of Versailles have a rich history. In 1661, King Louis XIV of France ordered a famous French landscape designer Andre Le Notre to renovate Versailles to match the grand halls and rooms of the palace. The huge gardens cover over 800 hectares of land. In addition to the diligently manicured lawns, parterres, and sculptures fountains are spread throughout the garden. The masterpiece of the gardens of Versailles is the Grand Canal. This place has gone through five major replantations in its history. The Versailles is one of the most visited public sites in France, and it receives more than six million visitors a year.

3. Kew Royal Botanic Gardens

 

Kew Gardens is a botanic garden, located in southwest London. This garden houses the largest, most diverse botanical and mycological collections in the world. Kew has over 8.5 million preserved plant and fungal specimens. The Kew Royal Botanic Gardens is an important center for botanical research and an architectural masterpiece. Walking through the path of the garden you will see many beautiful sights such as giant lily pads in the Waterlily House, the bamboo garden, the Japanese Gateway, and the Princess of Wales Conservatory, which is a glass house containing plants from ten different climate zones. Kew Gardens has its police force, the Kew Constabulary which has been in operation since 1845.

4. Montreal Botanical Garden

 

The Montreal Botanical Garden is located in  Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is one of the largest botanical gardens comprising 75 hectares of thematic gardens and greenhouses. In 2008, the garden was designated a National Historic Site of Canada. Montreal Botanical Garden is considered an important garden because of its collections and facilities. The garden has a greenhouse complex filled with plants with a specific theme from all around the world. It has a collection of trippy plant sculptures shaped like animals as part of the Mosaiculture. The grounds are also home to a botanical research institution.

5. Longwood Gardens

 

Longwood Gardens is a botanical garden that is situated in the United States of America. The garden consists of over 1,077 acres area. Longwood contains 4,600 different types of plants and trees, as well as fountains. It hosts hundreds of horticultural and performing arts events each year from flower shows, themed attractions, gardening demonstrations, courses, and children’s programs to concerts, organ and carillon recitals, educational lectures, courses, musical theatre, fountain shows, and fireworks displays.

6. The Singapore Botanic Gardens

 

A 165-year-old Singapore Botanic Garden is a tropical garden located at the fringe of the Orchard Road shopping district in Singapore. Since 2013, the botanic garden has been ranked Asia’s top park attraction. The amazing garden offers an impressive collection of flowering splendors over 60 acres and also serves as a leading tropical botanical institute. They have more than one thousand orchids, a tropical rainforest zone, an evolution garden, and Swan Lake. Singapore Botanic Garden is the only tropical garden in the region to be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. If you are visiting this place then do not miss the National Orchid Garden which has more than 1,000 species and 2,000 hybrids on display.