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The good garden blog is about sharing garden inspiration and ideas from historic gardens around the world and some right next door.  Garden stories explore garden history, design, and the garden people behind famous and not-so-famous gardens.  My garden photographs span dozens of places across 5 continents.  Please join me in celebrating good garden design.

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Water works

David August 27, 2017

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"...

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In French formal Tags Het Loo Palace, Daniel Marot, Apeldoorn, Netherlands, fountains, water feature
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The new-old garden

David September 22, 2016

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...

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In French formal Tags Het Loo Palace, Apeldoorn, Netherlands, William and Mary, Daniel Marot, Christiaan Pieter van Staden
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