List of garden types

Summary

A wide range of garden types exist. Below is a list of examples.

Autumn colours at Stourhead, an English landscape garden

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The Orangerie in the Gardens of Versailles with the Pièce d’eau des Suisses in the background (French formal garden)
 
Reflection of the Bagh-e Narenjestan (orange garden) and the Khaneh Ghavam (Ghavam house) at Shiraz, Iran (Persian garden)
 
Nishat Bagh, terrace garden at Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (Mughal Gardens)
 
White Garden at Kensington Palace, a Dutch garden planted as a Color garden
 
The Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai, China (created in 1559) shows all the elements of a classical Chinese garden – water, architecture, vegetation, and rocks.
 
Ryoan-ji (late 15th century) in Kyoto, Japan, the most famous example of a Zen rock garden
 
Palm House at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London
 
Labyrinth maze of Barvaux, Durbuy, Belgium
 
Roof garden on the top deck of a multi-storey car park, Edgedale Neighbourhood, Punggol, Singapore
 
The Garden of Cosmic Speculation, a sculpture garden in Dumfriesshire, Scotland
 
Sōraku-en gardens (Japanese garden)
 
Parc de Bagatelle, a rose garden in Paris
 
Jardín del Generalife de Granada (Spanish garden)

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  • Historic garden types