Het Loo. Apeldoorn, the Netherlands.
Water features, like other aspects of the garden, can be a source of competition. One of my favorite "water fight" examples starts at Paleis Het Loo in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. Het Loo boasts "the highest spouting fountain in Europe"...
Looking for inspiration for your parterre garden? In 1722 Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville offered advice to aspiring parterre designers in his book La Theorie et la Pratique du Jardinage. “The broderie of a parterre should be neither too heavy nor too light.” Here's an example of what he meant...
To walk around the grounds of the Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands is to step back to 1700. It is so authentic that William or Mary, the joint regents who created the garden, might be around any corner. Looks can be deceiving. Het Loo is actually a new garden meant to look old...
"The gardens of Paleis Het Loo are fully restored and now even more look like the Baroque Dutch garden in the time of the first residents, King-Stadtholder Willem III and his wife Mary Stuart II." Source: Garden website.
Mary's garden...