Botanic Gardens
Satisfy your senses
One of the best ways to seek inspiration for designing your own backyard garden is to visit other gardens. There are many botanic gardens around the world where you can see how an exquisitely planned garden can come to life. Botanic gardens contain a wide variety of different flowers and plants – all of your senses will be drawn in and you will be overwhelmed by the sheer amount of natural creations.
Denver Botanic Gardens
The Denver Botanic Gardens are one of the top ranked botanic gardens in the United States. It offers spectacular views of some of the prettiest flowers from around the world. These flowers and plants are meticulously cared for so that they can be enjoyed by thousands of annual visitors. In addition to the flowers, the Denver Botanic Gardens are known for holding concerts and other events in a peacefully designed natural setting.
Royal Botanic Gardens
The Royal Botanic Gardens, located in Kew, England, are well known around the world for the sheer variety of plants and flowers that are available for visitors to enjoy. Kew Gardens, which is another name for the Royal Botanic Gardens, uses a staff of more than 700 to maintain the beauty of the botanic gardens and engage in botanical research. This research has lead to amazing discoveries in how certain plants survive and why different flowers flourish in different areas. Whether you are interested in visiting the Royal Botanic Gardens for the view or if the research interests you, you can’t go wrong with selecting this location to get some inspiration for your own backyard.
Geelong Botanic Gardens
The Geelong Botanic Gardens are located in Geelong, Australia. More than 150 years old, these gardens cover an enormous span of land and feature the flowers and plants that are not only indigenous to the Land Down Under but have been carefully cultivated from various locations around the world. Recently renovated in 2002, the Geelong Botanic Gardens are home to hundreds of different plants and flowers, including an area that teaches visitors about various edible plants that can be found in nature.
If you enjoy simply going to your local garden center or if the world traveler in you is itching to go to botanic gardens located in the far corners of the globe, you can find some fantastic ideas that can translate to beauty in your own yard. Gardening is about inspiration and creativity, so the more ideas you are exposed to, the better you will be able to plan out that peaceful area you envision for your own yard.