WE HAVE BEEN WORKING AT ESTABLISHING NEW GARDENS AT TŘEBEŠICE SINCE 2003. THERE IS NO MEMORY OF A REAL GARDEN HERE IN THE OLD TIMES, CERTAINLY MOST OF THE OUTDOOR SPACES WERE USED, UNTIL THE FARM WAS WORKING, FOR PRACTICAL USES, SUCH AS CATERING TO THE CATTLE AND GROWING VEGETABLES AND FRUIT FOR THE LOCAL CONSUMPTION AND SALE. STILL THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A SMALL FLOWER GARDEN, CLOSE TO THE CASTLE, FOR THE ENJOMENT OF THE OWNERS.

OUR PLAN WAS MORE AMBITIOUS: WE IMAGINED A LARGE SERIES OF DIFFERENT GARDENS, TAKING UP STEP BY STEP ALL THE OUTDOOR SPACES BETWEEN THE VARIOUS BUILDINGS, EACH GARDEN WITH ITS OWN FEELING AND ATMOSPHERE. OUR MAIN MODELS AND INSPIRATION ARE THE WONDERFUL GARDENS OF ENGLAND, CREATED THROUGH THE XX CENTURY AROUND OLD COUNTRY HOUSES AND MANORS WITH ENDLESS FANTASY AND INVENTION, AND THE „POTAGERS“ OR ORNAMENTAL KITCHEN GARDENS OF FRANCE, WHERE VEGETABLES ARE GROWN FOR THEIR BEAUTY TOO, MIXED WITH FLOWERS.

TO ESTABLISH A LARGE NEW GARDEN FROM SCRATCH AND TO MANTAIN IT IS A HUGE, VERY DEMANDING EFFORT, SPECIALLY WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE STATE OR OF LARGE FINANCIAL MEANS. OUR PLAN IS THEREFORE, STILL TODAY, A „WORK IN PROGRESS“, WITH A LOT MORE STILL TO BE DONE.

AN ONLINE PICTURE GALLERY FOR EVERY SEASON GIVES AN IDEA OF THE EVER CHANGING LOOKS OF THE GARDENS AND THE OUTDOORS AT TŘEBEŠICE. EVERY GARDEN IS OF COURSE A PICTURE WHICH VARIES WITH THE SEASONS, THE WEATHER AND THE LIGHT CONDITIONS. IN THE WARM SEASON, WHEN DIFFERENT KINDS OF FLOWERS BLOOM IN AN ALMOST MUSICAL SEQUENCE, CHANGES ARE DAILY AND BREATHTAKING.

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