When you travel, we recommend visiting the following gardens that have provided us with inspiration. The Blue Steps and the birch grove at Naumkeag were designed by landscape architect Fletcher Steele (1885-1971) in 1938 and are his signature work.
United States Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Cornish, NH Click Here Biltmore Estate, Asheville, NC Click Here Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales, FL Click Here Chanticleer, Wayne, PA (near Philadelphia). Click Here Conservancy Garden, Central Park, NYC Click Here Denver Botanical Gardens, Denver, CO Click Here Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, DC Click Here Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables (Miami), FL Click Here *Filoli, Woodside, CA Click Here Green Animals, Newport, RI Click Here Harry P. Leu Gardens, Orlando, FL Click Here Hollister House Garden, Washington, CT Click Here The Huntington Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA Click Here Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA Click Here Ladew Topiary Gardens, Monkton, MD Click Here Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, TX Click Here Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, VA Click Here Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA Click Here Luther Burbank Home & Gardens, Santa Rosa, CA Click Here The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota, FL Click Here McKee Botanical Garden, Vero Beach, FL Click Here Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, Mendocino, CA Click Here Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Minneapolis, MN Click Here Monticello, Charlottesville, VA Click Here Naumkeag (shown in photo), Stockbridge, MA Click Here New York Botanic Garden, NY Click Here Portland Classical Chinese Garden, Portland, OR Click Here Portland Japanese Garden, Portland, OR Click Here Quail Botanical Gardens,Encinitas, CA Click Here Rancho Los Alamitos, Long Beach, CA Click Here San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, TX Click Here Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, CA Click Here Strybing Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, San Francisco, CA Click Here Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston, MA Click Here Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami, FL Click Here Wave Hill, Bronx, NYC Click Here Winterthur, Winterthur, DE Click Here
* Denotes a National Trust for Historic Preservation property http://www.nthp.org
Canada Montreal Botanic Garden, Montreal Click Here Music Garden, Toronto Click Here Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens, Niagara Click Here
England Barnsley House, Barnsley, Gloucestershire (Cotswold Hills) Since the death of Rosemary Verey and the sale and reuse of the house as a hotel, it will be open to organized groups a few days a year. Click Here Garden History Museum, Lambeth Palace Road at Lambeth Bridge, London Click Here *Hidcote Manor Garden, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire (Cotswold Hills) Click Here Kiftsgate Court, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire (Cotswold Hills) Click Here Penshurst Place, Penshurst, Kent Click Here *Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Cranbrook, Kent Click Here *Snowshill Manor, Broadway, Gloucestershire (Cotswold Hills) Click Here *Stourhead, Stourton, Wiltshire Click Here *Tintinhull, Yeovil, Somerset Click Here
France Chateau de Chenonceaux, Chenonceaux (Loire Valley) Click Here Chateau de Hautefort, Hautefort (near Perigeux) Click Here Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, Maincy (east of Melun) Click Here Chateau de Villandry, Villandry (Loire Valley) Click Here Le Desert de Retz, Chambourcy (west of Paris by A13) is now open limited hours. Click Here. Giverny/Foundation Claude Monet, (south east of Vernon, west of Paris) Click Here Jardin Exotique, Monaco Click Here Villa Ile-de-France (Mansion of Ephrussi of Rothschild), St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat (east of Nice) Click Here Villa Noailles, Grasse
59, avenue Guy de Maupassant, 06130, Grasse
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