The gardens at Versailles are riddled with paths that lead to flower beds, quiet corners, ornamental lakes, and a canal that King Louis used for
gondola rides.
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Château de Versailles Versailles, France
Japanese gardens calm Alzheimer's patients
Japanese gardens appear to relieve stress and calm people who sit in them, according to researchers who observed the effects of Japanese gardens on Alzheimer's patients.
photo by Sam Abell
People strolling among flowers of the Sunken Garden, Butchart Gardens
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High angle view of the botanical gardens in Uppsala
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Geometrically trimmed shrubs in a botanical garden.
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In the Dry Garden, water is represented symbolically using gravel and sand to create a dried stream bed. The gardeners use special rakes with wide triangular tines to create the graceful designs.
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A wedding party gathers for photographs in Queen Elizabeth Park.
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A garden in the Catherine Palace outside St
Petersburg.
Scott S. Warren
Sculpted shrubbery at Longwood Gardens near Kennett Square, southeastern Pennsylvania
By Jonathan Blair
A South African monkey beetle burrows into a Gazania flower. After feeding on plant parts, the beetle emerged with a luxuriant coat of pollen.
By Gina Martin
Bougainvillea flowers on the balcony of an old building in Taxco. Taxco is an old colonial, silver-mining town. The Federal Government has declared the town a
national historical monument.
By Sisse Brimberg
The Triton Fountain at the Peterhof. Peterhof, a series of palaces and gardens laid out on the orders of Tsar Peter the Great, is sometimes called the Russian Versailles. It is located about 20 southwest of St. Petersburg, overlooking the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea.
By Taylor S. Kennedy
The entrance to the Parc Guell in Barcelona, Spain.Parc Guell was designed by the famous Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi.
By Paul Chesley
View of Wat Phra Kaeo, Bangkoks most famous religious site. Wat Phra Kaeo is also known as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha