8 magical gardens that are the stuff of dreams

Traditional Garden by Giuseppe Lunardini Architetto del Paesaggio
Author: Grace Chamia

Take a stroll through some of these dreamy garden designs and you’ll feel as though you’ve stepped through the looking glass. Through unassuming doors and vine-covered arbours, you’ll find fairytale schemes complete with curious accents, including a Cinderella-style bubble set alongside an ornamental lake, and a larger-than-life figure swimming through greener pastures. They are the closest thing you’ll find to a daydream – you might just have to pinch yourself to realise they’re real. Or simply give in and go with the fairy-tale flow…

[ABOVE IMAGE] 1. Mirror, mirror on the wall. Lucca, Italy

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2. Swimming against the tide. Moscow, Russian Federation

3. Rowing upstream. Moncalieri, Italy

4. Covering a lot of ground. San Francisco, USA

5. Into the woods. San Francisco, USA

6. Across the pond. Latina, Italy

7. Sitting pretty. Madrid, Spain

8. When the clock strikes twelve. Northern Ireland, UK

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