Histories of Famous Gardens

Ascog Hall Victorian Fernery and Gardens - Discovery and restoration of a 19th-century fernery on the Island of Bute in the Clyde Estuary.
www.ascoghallfernery.co.uk/

Désert de Retz - Description and photographs of a romantic 18th-century folly garden near Paris, with a chronology and bibliography of its creator François Racine de Monville, by Ronald Kenyon.
www.geocities.com/rwkenyon/

Gardens of Tuscany - Histories, descriptions and photos of villa and castle gardens in the Chianti zone of Tuscany.
www.gardens-of-tuscany.net

Maplelawn Historic Garden (Ottawa, Canada) - History, photographs, links, tour and Friends' information for one of the oldest and best preserved walled gardens in Canada. Open to the public spring through fall. English and French versions.
www.d1034585.domain.com/

Pavilion Gardens - Thomas Jefferson, America's Third President, designed the gardens and buildings for the University of Virginia.
www.virginia.edu/uvatours/gardens/gardensHistory.html

Tuileries Gardens - Paris - A Short Dark History By Jacqueline Donnelly. "In order to appreciate the gardens you must sit quietly and see the invisible". Several old illustrations.
www.paris.org/Kiosque/sep96/tuileries.html

Upton Grey Garden - The famous fully-restored 1908 Gertrude Jekyll garden in Upton Grey, Hampshire, England
website.lineone.net/~uptongrey.garden/