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Now the Mediterranean antenna of the National History Museum, the Val Rameh Garden was created in 1905 by Lord Radcliffe.
Here, in this incredible garden he collected "Labiacées" and "Solanacées" (from the datura family) and a large number of exotic fruit plants, such as Kiwi trees, Avacado trees and Banana trees.
There is also a "Sophora Toromiro" a very rare sacred tree from Easter Island, which is in full bloom. In total there are over (...)
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Right on the sea front, and the last house before the Italian border, the Maria Serena Villa and Gardens, attributed to Charles Garnier, was constructed around 1880 for the family of Ferdinand de Lesseps. The Coty president has stayed in the house. Today it is a guest villa for the city of Menton.
The villa is surrounded by a hectare and a half of gardens, where tropical and sub-tropical plant thrive happily. A large (...)
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The Serre de la Madone Garden Museum was created at the beginning of the century by Lawrence Jonston, who also created the English Hidcote Manor Gardens. It is a haven of greenery, peace and beauty clinging to the flanks of the hillside.
Rare species of plants have acclimatised between ponds and statues in gardens spread over 7 hectares of terraced land.
The Serre de la Madone (click to see the virtual visit) Garden (...)
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Created in the 20’s by the scriptwriter and novelist Blasco Ibañez, Fontana Rosa is a Valencia style garden of ceramics dedicated to the memory of important writers. This estate, which he bought in 1921 reminds him of Spain. His Spain, which was never far from his mind, with its gardens of vivid colours...
Classified as a historical monument since 1990, Fontana Rosa has been designed as a reading area dedicated to (...)
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Ferdinand Bac, painter and novelist, designed and built this estate on the top of Menton, in the site of Garavan for his friends the Ladan-Bockairy family between 1918 and 1927.
From the Maison, the stroller embarks in fact on a journey around the Mediterranean. The species themselves are more Latin than exotic:
the garden is lined mainly with cypresses and olive trees. Approximately fifteen places marked with remarkable small picturesque (...)
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This estate is the last garden of Menton that remains the property of the same family since 1915. The current owner, William Waterfield, specially interested in botany, collects tropical species, particularly bulb plants from South Africa.
The landscaping of the garden Clos du Peyronnet is quit exceptional. It combines colours and movements through a play of water staircases formed by successive ponds, the last step of which is...the (...)
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