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The 7 Most Magnificent Movie Gardens of All Time
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After seeing this gorgeous round-up of favorite movie homes from Country Living, we started thinking about those breathtaking grounds and rolling hills, and wondered about our favorite movie gardens. There’s nothing like watching starlets rest beside stately fountains, spying couples as they sneak away into shaded groves, and seeing heroines stroll down flower lined pathways, to make you fall in love with Hollywood horticulture. Here's our pick for green-filled flicks to watch if you’re looking for movie gardens at their finest.
1. You’ve got mail
Set in the lovely Riverside Park, this closing scene of You've Got Mail (1998), a fan favorite starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks, boasts some of the prettiest perennials ever to make it in Hollywood. You should go back and watch it again just to enjoy the flowers - or, better yet, take a romantic road trip and visit the park yourself!
2. Notting Hill:
What could be more recklessly romantic that taking a forbidden, midnight stroll through Rosmead Gardens, like Anna and William in the 1999 Notting Hill. While Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts find thir way through the jungle of celebrity love, we just want to relive that sweet secluded garden scene again and again.
3. The Great Gatsby
Surprise surprise! Even though Gatsby's greenery is ridiculously glamorous (and we mean over-the-top WOW), and Daisy's house is filled with spiraling gardens, we love the precious cottage where Nick Carraway stays, shot in the actual Centennial Park in Sydney. It's a shame Gatsby doesn't think it's quite impressive enough to catch a girl's attention, because we're downright smitten!
4. Atonement
As tragic as this war-time tale of love is to experience, the incredible houses and magical sprawling gardens make all of those tears worth it! We can't imagine a single soul who wouldn't want to walk through this huge tunnel of flowery vines. In case you're wondering where to book your next holiday, most of these outdoor manor scenes were shot in Stokesay Court in England.
5. The Secret Garden
A garden brimming with enough beauty and magic to turn a lonely girl into a lovely one and heal a sickly boy would have to be on this list, even if it wasn't at all beautiful. Lucky for us, the secret garden featured in the 1993 movie is also dripping with vibrant vines and speckled with roses. Ah, to spend an evening dancing by a bonfire in this paradise!
6. It’s Complicated
You know what's not at all complicated? The allure of this so-fresh-you-can-taste-the-crunch-from-here vegetable garden! Jane (Meryl Streep) is a successful baker, so it's no surprise that she knows her way around a kitchen and cares for her own veggie patch. Filmed in an equestrian ranch in Hidden Valley, CA, this little gourmet chef's paradise makes our wish list for sure.
7. A Good Year
When Max inherits his uncles chateau and vinyard in Provance, he moves in and begins having flashbacks to happy childhood days spent playing in the grass and lounging in the pool. Set in the exquisite Château la Canorgue, the scenes that play out in this 2006 movie are dusty and nostalgic enough to have us wishing for an Uncle Henry of our own.
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Published July 20th, 2015 11:53 AM
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Theresa Cady on Jul 26, 2015I don't really consider lots of grass and green stuff a garden. If I hear "garden" I want to see flowers! What about Miss Honey's cottage in "Matilda"? And "My House in Umbria"? There are so many movie places with great gardens, why bother with # 2 and 3?
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Jerri-Jerlynne Allison on Jul 26, 2015Number 5, THE SECRET GARDEN, doesn't tell WHERE this garden is. ?????
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