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(Castle) Gardens

Many castles and country seats in the Netherlands have surrounding gardens. Holland's Versailles in the middle of the country is modelled on the 17th century baroque garden design of the two Frenchmen Marot and Roman. Many statues and vases, water gardens and fountains, terraces, pergolas and ornamental patterns of buxus hedging can be admired in a regal setting at only an hour's drive from Amsterdam.
Even closer to Amsterdam, gardens in English country style can be seen round a fairy-tale castle.
Of a completely different nature is the Le Roy ecological garden where tons of disused concrete and stone have been used for laying out a garden reminiscent of the Inca ruins. Furthermore the country has many private gardens, botanical gardens, historical gardens and nursery gardens which are also open to visitors.

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