Garden(ing) spaces through the ages: blooming nature and country life

Guided tour on garden culture and ideas of nature with Rudolf G. Scharmann

Schloss Paretz

The guided tour from the palace out into the park of Queen Luise's summer residence traces the spirit of the period around 1800. The motifs of the paper wallpapers with views of the landscape, blossoming trees and native plants reflect the longings of a nature-loving court society for a free life in rural seclusion. The palace, park and village are considered a prime example of Prussian landscape gardening and blend harmoniously into the expansive landscape along the Havel.

The "Garten(t)räume" series of guided tours looks at garden designs, floral decorations and plant motifs in three different palaces and gardens from the 18th and 19th centuries and places them in the context of the underlying ideas of nature. The effects of climatic changes and the history of individual plant species are also discussed.

Rudolf G. Scharmann is the former director of Charlottenburg Palace and author of the book "Von Gartenträumen und Rosenkaiserinnen. Floral art and plant symbolism in Prussian palaces" (Edition Braus 2016).

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Meeting point: Castle box office

Price: €12.00

Reduced price: €8.00

Booking: Tickets: tickets.spsg.de

Bookable from April 2024