Gardens in Russia

   
Private garden Russia Private garden near Moscow
Private garden Russia Private garden, Moscow region
Private garden Russia Private garden, Moscow region
Dacha garden Russia Typical dacha garden, Kolomna
Tsarskoye Selo Russia Gardens of the palace at Tsarskoye Selo, St Petersburg
Show garden Russia The 'Dreamcatcher' Garden ('Ловец снов') designed by Tatyana Zvedochkina for the Gardens & People garden festival 2017 in Moscow, Russia
Show garden Russia The 'Fusion' ('Слияние') garden at the Gardens & People garden festival in Moscow, Russia, 2017 - designed by Katya Boganova
Show garden Russia Tatyana Goltsova's
Pushkin Hills Russia Apple walk at Pushkin Hills, Pskov Region
Pushkin Hills Russia Wildflower cottage garden at Pushkin Hills, Pskov Region
Pushkin Hills Russia Pond at Pushkin Hills, Pskov Region
Yasnaya Polyana Russia Birch alley at Tolstoy's family estate, Yasnaya Polyana, Tula Region
Spasskoye-Lutovinovo Russia Turgenev's family estate at Spasskoye-Lutovinovo
Private garden Russia A 'dacha' on a grand scale, near Moscow
Peterhof Russia The orangery garden at Peterhof, St Petersburg
Peterhof Russia Parterre at Peterhof, St Petersburg
Monastery garden Russia Simple bedding at the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery, Vologda
Private garden Russia Private garden, Moscow region
Private garden Russia Private garden, Moscow region
   
Private garden near Moscow Private garden, Moscow region Private garden, Moscow region Typical dacha garden, Kolomna Gardens of the palace at Tsarskoye Selo, St Petersburg The 'Dreamcatcher' Garden ('Ловец снов') designed by Tatyana Zvedochkina for the Gardens & People garden festival 2017 in Moscow, Russia The 'Fusion' ('Слияние') garden at the Gardens & People garden festival in Moscow, Russia, 2017 - designed by Katya Boganova Tatyana Goltsova's Apple walk at Pushkin Hills, Pskov Region Wildflower cottage garden at Pushkin Hills, Pskov Region Pond at Pushkin Hills, Pskov Region Birch alley at Tolstoy's family estate, Yasnaya Polyana, Tula Region Turgenev's family estate at Spasskoye-Lutovinovo A 'dacha' on a grand scale, near Moscow The orangery garden at Peterhof, St Petersburg Parterre at Peterhof, St Petersburg Simple bedding at the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery, Vologda Private garden, Moscow region Private garden, Moscow region

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Gardens in Russia

Russian gardens do not tend to feature prominently in garden-related books and journals, and comparatively little is known about them. Those that are best known tend to be the royal parks and gardens around St Petersburg, such as Pavlovsk, Peterhof and Tsarskoye Selo. My mission is to stimulate interest in the lesser known gardens of Russia, and also to track the ongoing development of garden design in this fascinating country.

Gardening in Britain tends to be regarded as a middle class pastime, and much of our garden tradition is fundamentally different from that of a nation that was first tsarist, then soviet. But in today’s Russia people increasingly have disposable income and leisure time to spare, and garden design is an emerging profession.

I hope that these pages of the site will encourage garden lovers to recognise that Russia offers a wealth of natural beauty – not just in its internationally renowned royal parks and gardens, but also in its peaceful country estates and even modest vegetable plots in city suburbs.

More images will be added to this site in the coming months and years; do please keep returning to the gallery to watch it grow. Meantime, for anyone wishing to know more about gardens of the tsarist era, a good starting point is Peter Hayden’s book ‘Russian Parks and Gardens’ (publ. Frances Lincoln).