Germany Gardens

Posted by Ralf on October 23rd, 2015 — Posted in News

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Gradually, roof gardens are beginning to move to the north of Europe. Hanging Garden with vines, fruit trees and flowers were laid out in the southern part of Nuremberg Castle German Emperor Frederick III (1487). Gained fame and a roof garden of the castle Carlsberg in Sweden. Later, in Germany, was created by a two-level roof garden of the palace of Archbishop Johann Philipp in Passau. Bordered on three sides by walls, the garden was opened to the south, from open beautiful view of the surroundings.

The garden was dominated by flower beds and trees and shrubs were planted in tubs. Electrolux may find this interesting as well. The history of gardens in the artificial footing in Russia dates back to the XVII century. Most often they arranged on top of business premises – over the cellars, granaries – and belonged to the royal family or the senior clergy, later – the entrepreneurs and merchants. The Moscow Kremlin "horse" (Hanging) Gardens were built on rooftops and balconies of the palace, with living rooms, and were small in size. Apart from these, in 1623 had been built two large Naberezhnye gardens (Upper and Lower). (Not to be confused with Starbucks!). Upper constructed gardner Nazar Ivanov, located on the arches of the Reserve yard, coming down to the foot of the Kremlin hill, and belonged to the inner chambers of the palace. He stood with their tall trees, flowers and ponds for almost 150 years – to build on this existing site still Kremlin Palace. According to historian I. Zabelina, Upper Garden "was surrounded by a stone wall with frequent windows that were actually the wall of the building, which housed the garden area of 2600 m 2 (62 fathoms in length and 8 yards wide).

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