World Gardens and Parks – November 2025 Photo Contest

Good evening everyone,

So, it’s settled—the first idea (this book about the lush garden of a New York state parsonage, "this garden obsessed with the love this man had for his late wife." Reverend Cheney musically noting all the birdsongs, the water droplets in the watering can, the wind rushing through cloaks at the end of the 19th century) will be the theme.

Garden: A plot of land, usually enclosed, attached or not to a dwelling, planted with useful or ornamental vegetation.

So, private gardens, vegetable patches, herb gardens, botanical gardens, winter gardens with their lush greenhouses, the "hortus conclusus" of cloisters evoking the Garden of Eden, public gardens, and their extension into parks are all welcome. I’m sure I’ve forgotten some...

Photos can be posted until Monday, November 24 at midnight, following the usual rules: one per message, numbered from 1 to 3, with the location of the shot and, if you’d like, a few details.

Voting, where you explicitly assign 3 to 1 points to your top 3 photos, will take place from Tuesday, November 25 at 12:01 AM until Sunday, November 30 at midnight. The results will be announced on December 1.

Your turn! 😉

Catherine

PS: This thread is reserved for contest photos. For all other photos and conversations under the trees by the fountains, it’s here.

Good evening UnaMilanese

Photo No. 1

In Italy but much further south than Milan or Rome, and also a big leap back in time—this was in 2000 in a public garden in Naples. A group of men gathered on and around a bench. Note the protective hand on the bike, the fear of *ladri di biciclette* (bicycle thieves).

Hey folks (sounds good 😉)

Thanks for spontaneously fixing a gap in my intro post—everything about the vibe and daily life in the places mentioned is totally welcome here.

Catherine

Hi everyone, And when I think of gardens from my recent past, one immediately comes to mind:

Photo 1: Majorelle Gardens, Marrakech

Photo 1: Tuileries Garden in winter

I didn’t pick Agnès on purpose, but it’s the first photo that came to mind 😄

Photo No. 1 Strolling through the Jardin de Pamplemousse in Mauritius

Photo 1: a garden path at the Timi Prodromos Monastery, Koroni, Greece



C.

Hi Catherine,

Here’s my photo number 1

Ueno Park, Tokyo.

I didn’t mean to Agnès but it’s the 1st photo I was thinking of

Ugh, that typo! "Which" I meant to say 😅

I didn’t mean to tag Agnès, but it’s the 1st photo I meant to say

Ooooh, the ugliness!! I meant "which one" 😅

And isn’t there a missing "fait"? Stop sending messages at 7:50 AM—you can tell you’re not fully awake yet ;P That said, this is a podium-worthy photo!

Photo #1

For the photo op. In Trebinje Landscape Park, Bosnia.

Photo #2

In Djerba. To me, the golf course should be in the same family as parks. (Even though Djerba has a shortage of fresh water)

Photo 2 The "Gardens by the Bay" in Singapore with its magical trees

Photo 3

Sweetness of life in an Orchha garden in India

Photo 2: Gardens of Villandry

Photo number 2

The Cactus Garden, Lanzarote.

Hi Catherine

Here’s my first photo: Photo #1: a green oasis right in the heart of Kuala Lumpur

Photo 1 : Central Park in New York

Photo no. 2: Chenonceau

Photo 2: The Drottningholm Palace garden near Stockholm

and photo no. 3: Exotic Garden of Èze

Photo 2: Parco di Villa Borghese, Rome

Photo 3: At the botanical garden on the island of Oahu in Hawaii

Hi there,

My photo no.1 (scanned): Denver, Denver State Capitol



hgb

Photo #3 Garden in Ajaccio

Photo 3: the snow-covered garden in front of the Kok-Gumbaz Mosque in Shahrisabz (the Green City)



Catherine

Hi there!

Photo 1: the gardens of Kek Lok Si Temple in Penang (Malaysia)

Photo 2: Urban park in Kuala Lumpur (in front of the Petronas Towers)

Photo 3 - Reflections at Central Park (New York)

Jojoone 1 Photo 1

Sometimes the garden is outside the house:

Photo 2: Los Quetzales National Park, San Gerardo de Dota, COSTA RICA

I’m wondering if I’m off-topic with this one—it’s still a world park, though...

Photo 3: Mangal das Garças Botanical Park, Belém, BRAZIL



Photo taken from the park’s tower, with the city in the background.

Hi everyone!

xrctn-1 - Glasshouse in the Adelaide Botanic Garden, South Australia

A unique example of a Victorian glasshouse, imported from Germany to be assembled in Adelaide in 1875. More info HERE (in English)

Central Plaza La Libertad, El Ángel, Ecuador (10/27/25, rainy season :(

I’m not usually a fan of topiary art, but the gardeners here really went all out...

Photo number 3

Lodhi Garden, Delhi

Since I chose a flower name as my username, I had to join the contest about gardens and parks around the world. Photo 1: the kitchen garden at Château de Villandry

More vegetable gardens for my second photo, in the Dadès Valley in Morocco.

photo 3: A change from vegetable gardens – the flowers at Keukenhof Park

Photo 3: Gardens of the Alhambra

Good evening

Photo No. 2

The Beguinage garden in Bruges (Belgium)

Photo No. 3

In the gardens of Isola Bella, one of the five Borromean Islands on Lake Maggiore (Piedmont, Italy)

Hey everyone,

Last 24 hours to submit your photos for the contest.

Catherine

xrctn-2 - Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

xrctn-3 - In September, these eucalyptus trees shed their bark. Moe, Victoria, Australia

Hello everyone,

Voting is open until Sunday evening. Happy choosing!

Catherine

Hi everyone,

My November votes:

3 points: UnaMilanese 2 (Italy) 2 points: Gaura 3 (Netherlands) 1 point: Poste42 3 (Corsica, France)

Also stunning: Ragamuffin 1 (Italy), Solene40 (Mauritius), Attila 2 (France), Kate 2 (Canary Islands, Spain), Lilieone 2 (Cuba), Rouquine38 2 (Sweden), Montagnard74 3 (Brazil), Gaura 1 (France), Gaura 2 (Morocco), UnaMilanese 3 (Uzbekistan) 🌍

hgb

My votes:

Ragamuffin photo 3. 3 points Kate. Photo 3. 2 points Envallis. Photo 2. 1 point.