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Europe is just made for walking. There are so many masterpieces of culture, architecture and human civilization in general that you can constantly walk in almost every country and learn something new. When you get tired of the city noise, it's time to move to the greenhouse of the botanical garden, especially since there are plenty of them in Europe!
The most beautiful botanical gardens Europe: TOP-10
We offer you a list of the most beautiful botanical gardens of Europe... Where exactly to go is up to you, especially since getting a Schengen visa now is not difficult.
Botanical garden in Munich
Germany is renowned for its amazing ability to ennoble everything around. This is probably why the Botanical Garden in Munich is considered one of the best in Europe. The entrance to the botanical garden costs 5 euros, but you can be sure that this money will go exclusively to the benefit of the plants.
Oxford botanical garden
In 1621, a small garden was set up at the university for scientific purposes and the cultivation of useful medicinal herbs. Since that time, the garden has changed beyond recognition, and now occupies a huge area of almost two hectares. Here you can find many specialized greenhouses and pavilions with outlandish plants.
Botanical Garden in Prague
The Prague Botanical Garden is quite small in size, but in terms of content it is in no way inferior to its large counterparts. In addition to the beautiful flowers, interesting trees and amazing tropical plants in the greenhouses, there is also a unique exhibition of all kinds of algae and cute tadpoles.
Amsterdam pride
The botanical garden in Amsterdam is very tiny, but it also has its own pride. A full-fledged subtropical forest grows here in a greenhouse, and a butterfly garden is located nearby, for which delicious sweet treats are placed everywhere. The greenhouses recreate the conditions of different climatic zones of the earth, from the American desert to tropical humidity.
The vastness of Paris
French parks are famous for their systematic and rational approach. The Parisian Botanical Garden is spread over a whopping 28 hectares. It is impossible to pass it even in a couple of days! Many interesting specimens of plants from all over the world grow here, as well as a whole collection of beautiful roses.
Botanical Garden in Istanbul
Can you imagine 50 hectares of the most beautiful plants located around the old palace of the Sultan? Agree, this is difficult to imagine, so it's better to see it once. Compared to some other European botanical gardens, this place may seem a little unkempt, but this naturalness gives it its zesty look.
Garden in Edinburgh
The capital of Scotland can be proud of its Botanical Gardens. He is not just a certain tourist spot, but, on the contrary, we love dearly local residents who enjoy spending their evenings and weekends here. The rustle of foliage is soothing, and amazing plants make you love life even more.
Royal Botanic Gardens London
In 1759, wonderful botanical gardens were laid in London. They now include amazing greenhouses with many wonderful exotic exhibits. For example, there is an amazing lilac garden and a very exotic bamboo garden.
The site itself is over a hundred years old, so it can be called a family estate. The garden is already over forty, and at the same time it is constantly changing. Only the pond did not change its location - before, the beds were watered from it, and when this need disappeared, they made it decorative: with a beautiful willow and loosestrife on the shore, a rare nymphaean and water lilies that adorn the water surface.
However, the main attraction in today's appearance of the garden is the wattle fence. It is made according to a simple but reasonable principle: do not be lazy, grow annuals and take care of attached flower beds from indoor plants. Such fuchsias and pelargoniums are rarely found anywhere! And everything is very neat, cozy, with no feeling of kitsch or pretense, as is often the case with flower beds in a "rustic" style.
2. Garden of the Four Seasons, Walsall, UK
In 1992, Dr. Tony Newton and his wife, Marie, decided that the garden they had inherited with the house they had bought was already pretty boring. They got down to business, and the new garden became one of the most unusual and popular in England. To make it spectacular all year round, the couple chose plants with a very long decorative period. These are mainly trees and shrubs, many of which are sheared and pinched.
The garden is divided into three parts. The upper platform with a lawn and formal, very contrasting landings is the business card of the spouses. In the "jungle", or the middle garden with a pagoda, exotic plants grow: bamboos, ferns, palms and bananas. The lower forest garden is located around a large handicraft stream.
3. Sesincote Garden, Moreton-in-Marsh, UK
In the middle of the hills of the Cotswolds, which is northwest of London, there is an outlandish Indian-style estate. It was built at the beginning of the 19th century by the family of Colonel John Cockerell, who served in Bengal, at the same time the Sezincot Garden was laid. During the war, it was badly damaged, and the modern plantings were restored and modified by the famous gardener and designer Graham Thomas, together with the owner of the garden, Lady Kleinworth, who often visited India. The southern garden, with its octagonal pond and narrow canals lined with yews, copies the traditional regular paradise gardens of the reign of Emperor Babur in India.
In the northern part of the estate there is a romantic secluded water garden. Primroses bloom all around in spring. The banks of the pond are planted with cherries, apple trees and high aralia, and along the edges of the picturesque stream there are decorative perennials (daylilies, irises, hosts, rogers, lisichitons), as well as woody plants (scarlet trees, dogwoods and maples), which bloom the garden in autumn
bright colors.
4. Russian park of water gardens, Moscow region, Russia
These wonderful water landscapes can be seen in Tarasovka near Moscow. The Russian Water Gardens Park was created in 1992 by biologist Alexander Marchenko - initially it was a farm for growing ornamental aquatic plants. Today it has turned into a landscape gardening space of amazing beauty, where delicate water lilies collected by the owner from all over the world are grown in natural and artificial reservoirs.
Of the hundreds of varieties of water lilies over the years, about 40 of the most decorative and, most importantly, resistant to climatic conditions the middle lane.
In addition to nymphs, there are many other coastal and aquatic plants in the assortment: marsh and Japanese irises, egg-pods, butterbur, arrowheads, susak, cyperus, waist and many others.
5. Garden of Andrey and Elena Lysikovs, Moscow region, Russia
A cozy garden in the vicinity of the village of Velyaminovo, which is 60 km from Moscow, has been created for more than one year. Now there is a nice shady garden on the site, where busulniks and dicenters, ostriches and kupins, podophyllums and scopolias, astilboides and darmers grow. A resting corner with a pond, a central lawn, large-scale mixborders, a system of low retaining walls lined with dry masonry from blocks of Domodedovo limestone, "live" ground cover plants have received a logical conclusion.
Several years ago, a flat rockery appeared in front of the porch of the house, combining into a single whole a small rocky hill and a small collection of conifers brought by the owner of the beautiful kingdom, Andrei Lysikov, at different times from different places. There is also a secluded corner with a pond in the garden, where a prickly spruce sitting on the edge of the plot "works" in the background, which has been molded for many years in the form of a rounded bush, as well as planting of barberries, rogers, darmers and ferns.
6. Glen Chantry Garden, Whitham, UK
Wal and Sue Staines, the owners of this garden, have turned almost one and a half hectares of territory into a real blooming paradise for forty years of its existence. The design of the garden is emphatically graceful yet very informal, with lawn paths skirting lush mixborders with rare and rather unusual perennials.
In spring, bulbous flowers bloom here brightly and profusely: tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, as well as precious "treasures" of the shady garden and early Alps. Summer begins with a variety of milkweed, variegated plants, irises, oriental poppies and ornamental bows. Autumn is given to cereals, perennials with beautiful colors and fruits. In addition, the garden has two ponds, a large rockery and interesting themed corners such as the white garden.
7. Robert Höck's garden, Schwoich, Austria
This garden is located in and is remarkable the richest collection aquilegia (or watershed), which Robert has been collecting for many years. Flower beds, lawn
and a vegetable garden occupy about 20 acres. Sadu has already hit his first ten, but he looks much older. Probably because the owner likes plants with a "wild" character, which spread by self-seeding: meconopsis cambrian, geraniums, aquilegia - there are many of them here, and their independence borders on arbitrariness. Robert likes to combine aquilegia with bearded irises - they bloom at the same time and have a similar range of colors. There is also a separate mixborder for plants with variegated and colored leaves - an unusual and bright solution for lovers of variegation.
8. Wollerton Garden Old Hall, Wollerton, UK
This traditional English garden is set around a 16th century house. Linearity is perhaps the most important design element of this corner. Straight lines are repeated over and over again, embodied in four materials: yew, beech, oak and stone slabs. The regular part of the garden is divided according to the principle of intersecting whists: three in the north-south direction and three in the east-west direction. Color is very important in the garden, where perennials play the first violin.
The main mixborder shimmers with a palette ranging from deep blue to pale yellow. The wet soil of a well garden allows for white, apricot, blue and pale yellow. The dry garden is full of vibrant reds, oranges and hot yellows with balancing touches of blues and cool purples. Roses bloom in almost all green rooms of this garden, and one of them is even named after him.
9. Long Barn, Sevenoaks, UK
The writer Vita Sackville-West went down in the history of not only literature, but also gardening: she created the most famous English garden - Sissinghurst. But her first garden, Long Barn, deserves no less attention. Exactly a century ago, Vita and her husband bought a rickety 14th-century house in the suburbs of London and laid a garden.
Its most striking element is an ordinary planting of two dozen sheared specimens of ‘Fastigiata’ berry yew. The garden is based on a cellular structure and terracing. Wide lawns give the feeling of a large space. WITH south side at home there are white and spring gardens, and the eastern one opens onto a parterre of boxwood with an intricate pattern. The Dutch Garden, located on the lower terrace, features lush mixborders. The current owners Rebecca and Lars Lemonius put their love and respect for flowers in Long Barn. rich history.
10. Jacobstwin, Estrum, the Netherlands
In this garden, ornamental cereals are of paramount importance. The owner of the garden, Jaap de Vries, has set himself the goal of finding a balance between natural-style plantings in the spirit of the famous Dutch designer Piet Udolph and prairie flower beds like that of Cassian Schmidt in Germany. The difference between these styles is that on the prairie, ornamental grasses play a much larger role.
The use of long-lived and deeply rooted "warm-season" plants of the North American prairies predetermines the peak of Jacobstuin's decorativeness in late autumn - early winter. Paths and paths allow you to walk right through the flower beds. This garden also has a vegetable garden and many cozy nooks for gatherings around the house.
11. Rendel Barton Garden, Lippstadt, Germany
Rendel Barton's garden is decorated with many quote plates. My favorite says: "At first the garden belonged to me, and now I belong to the garden." Actually, that's the whole story, which has been going on for more than thirty-five years. The first success was a self-made film pond with lush moisture-loving plants along the banks. Then Rendel saw old roses ... and a rose garden appeared. A tribute to inspiring garden travel is the Memories of England corner in the form of a regular garden with boxwood borders.
Rendel Barton's favorite color is blue: here and there. In the garden, there are many plants in containers, mainly summer and heat-loving species, such as agapanthus.
12. Garden of Julia Tadeusz, Minsk region, Belarus
The history of this small - only 6.5 acres - garden began more than half a century ago. An artist, landscape designer and a big fan of roses, Julia planned all the flower beds so that, walking along the paths of the garden, one could admire the roses in the company of their best partners - clematis.
Spring is colored with bright colors. It is replaced by lilac-pink June with its peonies, mock orange, weigela, geraniums, bells and Siberian irises. A little later, roses flare up with multi-colored fireworks. There is also a shady corner in white and green tones with lilacs, grass, hydrangeas, ferns and hosts, and a small pond, where the quiet murmur of water sets you in a romantic mood.
13. Gardens of Broadview, Hadlow, UK
Broadview Gardens are demonstration gardens at the University of Greenwich Agricultural College in Hadlow. The gardens are located in the county of Kent, which is called the vegetable garden of England for its favorable climate and fertile soil. The main compositions are located along a paired flower mixborder stretching for more than 100 m, which is decorated with a green sheared wall of berry yew.
Broadview Gardens are famous for their collections of rare plants, of particular interest are the two national collections of rarities located here: Japanese anemones and hellebores. The latter are one of the pioneers among early flowering plants: already in February, guests of the garden enjoy the delicate beauty of the opening flowers, and there are dozens of species and varieties of them.
14. Garden of the Ulbrich family, Solingen, Germany
The owner of the garden, Thorsten Ulbrich, is a professional florist. He divided 80 acres of land into a dozen "garden rooms", and each of them has its own character. The house has a boxwood garden with trimmed figures. Behind it is a baroque garden, which is bordered by a large pond with a waterfall. On the other side of the pond, under the pines and firs, is a shady garden.
Hidden behind the trees is a cottage garden - a lawn with colorful ribbon flower beds. Turning back, you can go to the white flower garden, bordering the brick wall of the monastery garden. Through it you can get into the "black" garden with purple-leaved plants and decorative rusty screens. And then - a lace parterre made of dwarf barberries and boxwood. Behind it is a regular garden at the brick gate with boxwood borders and lush flower beds with peonies, delphiniums, daylilies. Vases of different styles and materials, all kinds of supports for climbing plants, various sculptures are placed everywhere.
15. Markovsky Garden, Leningrad Region, Russia
Yuri Markovsky is a guru of St. Petersburg gardening. At the entrance to the garden, guests are greeted by a "color shock" - a bright and spectacular "bouquet" mixborder of phlox, delphiniums, daylilies, nivyaniks and many other elegant perennials, and then visitors disperse, looking at the countless treasures of shady corners, rockery, meadow flower garden and cottage garden in the English style. Today the owner of the garden is passionate about phlox breeding,
but before them there were primroses, ferns, Japanese irises.
There are a lot of bright annual plants and thermophilic conditional "annuals" in the garden: there are cannes, agapanthus, pelargonium, coleus, fuchsia. The plans for the near future are to remake the alpine slide into a collection of miniature hosts.
16. Garden of Elena Solovieva, Leningrad region, Russia
The bright and lush garden on the Karelian Isthmus is more than a quarter of a century old. Astilbes and phlox, bells and clematis, buzulniks and hosts, monards and aconites, loosestrife and black cohosh, barberries and unusual conifers, rare shady perennials - from ariem and Vorontsov to trilliums, as well as hydrangeas and lilacs help to color the cool St. Petersburg summer.
An interesting collection of dwarf coniferous and deciduous trees and shrubs, so fashionable today, is gathered in the "amphitheater" - on a semicircular slope - and is decorated in the form of a rockery with elements of rutaria. Miniature trees and shrubs hold the structure of the collection all year round, and from spring to autumn, miniature hosts, ornamental grains and other precious rarities bloom.
The hallmark of the garden is a homemade log bench by a small pond, it also serves as a retaining wall on difficult terrain.
17. Keukenhof, Lisse, Netherlands
The largest flower garden in the world, the Keukenhof Royal Flower Park is located in Holland, in the small town of Lisse. It got its name, translated as "kitchen garden", due to the fact that herbs were once grown here for the Countess Ostensibly Van Beyeren. The Spring Flower Show is open for two months - until mid-May, and all this time in exhibitions under open air replacing each other, crocuses and snowdrops, woodlands and muscari bloom, and also daffodils, hazel grouses, hyacinths, tulips, from which flower paintings, patterns and ornaments are "woven".
In Keukenhof, you can see interesting themed gardens, park sculpture and even admire the panorama of the park from the observation deck located on an old windmill from the middle of the 19th century.
18. Garden of Hydcote Manor, Gloucestershire, UK
The creator of this magnificent garden - an icon of the English cottage style - is American Lawrence Johnston, an outstanding gardener, designer, and plant collector. A feature of the author's project is the presence of many closed garden offices, limited by sheared hedges made of yew and beech, as well as brick or stone walls.
Moving from one "green room" to another (and each of them has its own unique atmosphere), guests experience a change of vivid impressions and moods.
In addition, when creating the Hydcot Manor, many interesting artistic techniques were used: the formation of extended whists, alleys and free groups, sheared topiary figures, regular plantings and natural forest corners, rocky areas and water streams.
19. Irina Pyzhikova's garden, Leningrad region, Russia
For 35 years of the history of her garden, Irina Pyzhikova has collected an excellent collection of conifers and shrubs, ornamental cereals. The 15 hectare garden is divided into green rooms, each with its own role. The front part of the garden in front of the house is a balanced combination of lawn, conifers and bright decorative leaf trees and shrubs.
And behind the house is a small flower garden with the remaining Alpines; A "swamp" flower garden overlooking a platform with a miniature tub-pond and a samovar bent over it under a red-leaved bird cherry; a minimalistic cereal garden with a square pond and a collection of buzulniks. On the other side of the central path is a bonsai garden with miniature potted plants and an orchard.
20. Topiary, Zedelgem, Belgium
The owner of this garden, Bernadette Christian-Standert, closely follows the fashionable garden trends: she experiments with exotics, enjoys mini-bonsais
and "mobile" container gardening.
The garden has become famous throughout and beyond its "chessboard" with 99 squares of boxwood and yew. Tall beech, hornbeam and yew hedges are also cut here. They separate from the regular a secret landscaped garden with a large pond, on the banks of which flowers bloom from early spring to late autumn... An elegant Moorish wrought-iron staircase leads to the roof of the house, where a rock garden is laid out. There is a beautiful view of the formal garden with "landscape" filling from there. Roses, clematis, peonies, delphiniums, dahlias bloom in the frame of boxwood borders.
Europeans love to pardon the eye with bright green gardens and colorful flowers. Therefore, in creating amazing park ensembles, they have achieved outstanding skill.
The most beautiful gardens Europe according to the newspaper The Telegraph at the end of 2008
Little Sparta (formerly Stone Path) was once the property of the poet and sculptor Ian Hamilton Finlay. It is his works that adorn the park, which is spread around the stone house on the mountain. The artist lived and worked in this park, filling it with his inspiration, philosophy and creative ideas. Over the years, the garden carried the spirit not only of past years, but also the feeling that you really were in ancient Sparta.
The Giusti Garden was created in 1580 and, according to the English writer John Evelyn, it is one of the most stunning parks in Europe. Verona Park is located on several terraces of a green slope. It is decorated with flower beds, flower beds, greenhouses. Full of French chic, this garden has numerous grottoes, decorative stone ensembles, and rare plant species.
3. Hat Loo, Netherlands
Het Loo is the summer residence of the Dutch royal family in Apeldoorn. The palace was built in 1680. Outwardly, it looks rather modest, and the surrounding park is very reminiscent of "ordinary" park ensembles near French palaces. These places have been seen by more than one generation of royal families, so even the spirit of the monarch's greatness hovers in the air. Even old trees have absorbed the feeling of the presence of large faces, and green lawns seem to be created for unhurried walks.
The Ninfa Garden, located in a mountainous area near Rome, is considered one of the most romantic gardens in Italy. This park is kept under strict protection as the most expensive masterpiece of Italian gardening art. More than 2 thousand plants bloom in the park, many of which were brought from the most remote corners of the planet. Rare roses and jasmine coexist with cypresses here, and lavender fills the garden with a heady aroma. Every visitor is looking for beauty and pleasure for the soul in this garden, because this park is spread around the ruins medieval town as if inhaling new life to these places.
Rushem Park is the creation of the famous English architect William Kent. Ruschem is an example of a landscape garden in England in the 18th century. Here, picturesque meadows are replaced by murmuring streams, sculptures, pavilions and gazebos. Kent came up with original cascades, three-dimensional compositions - "paintings". Any detail of the surrounding nature is skillfully included in the overall composition.
This unusual park was planted at the end of the last century in Tuscany. On a huge territory, there are 22 monumental sculptures corresponding to 22 major Tarot cards. The sculptures are made of cement, covered with colored mosaics, pieces of mirrors, glass and ceramics. The garden is surrounded by an impregnable stone wall. She separates the fairytale world from the real one, "like a dragon that guards real treasures."
7. Sissinghurst, UK
One of the most visited topiary gardens in Great Britain. Its appearance significantly influenced the general design of topiary gardens of the twentieth century, and fences became simply a model for everyone to follow. The park consists of several "rooms". The main attraction of the park is the so-called "White Garden".
Staurhead is a park-palace, created in a fabulous style. There are surprises awaiting visitors at every step. Either a mysterious path along the lake will lead to a grotto or a waterfall, or the road will lead interested travelers to ancient ruins. The park's collection of flowering bushes is one of the largest in England. Thanks to the gentle slopes that descend to the lake, the skillful arrangement of romantic pavilions and the picturesque valley, this place has been known as a piece of paradise for three centuries.
The main feature of this park is the Mountain Stewart Palace. In the XVIII century. here lived the Marquises of Londonderry, and then the future Prime Minister of England Lord Castlereagh (XIX century). spent his childhood in the castle. Today, the palace and park are under the special supervision of the British government, since the castle is surrounded by 200 hectares of parkland, famous for its wonderful plants.
10. Fortress Powys, Wales
The red brick fortress impresses with its ancient architecture, and the wonderful hanging gardens, fragrant flowers and green hedges finally convince visitors of the uniqueness of this place. Each period of history brought here various innovations that complemented the natural beauty of the park and finally made it an impressive, majestic and lush garden-architectural complex.
The first garden in Europe. This is what Italy is called. In the country, almost 90% of land is suitable for management Agriculture... The largest part of them (about 35%) is occupied by arable land, 19% - meadows and pastures, 11% - orchards, vineyards, olive groves. Forests account for 23.4% of agricultural land.
Romano MARABELLI, head of the health department in the field of veterinary medicine, nutrition and food security of the Italian Ministry of Health, told the correspondent of the magazine "Grain Expert" about the prospects for the development of agriculture in the country.
Correspondent: In Russia, the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision (Rosselkhoznadzor), subordinate to the Ministry of Agriculture, deals with issues of veterinary and phytosanitary control. Which agency in Italy is entrusted with these functions?
Romano Marabelli: In Italy, the Ministry of Health deals with veterinary services and food safety. The Department of Veterinary Health, Nutrition and Food Safety, which I head, falls under the purview of the Ministry of Health. In addition, for 150 years, the Directorate General of the European Commission for Consumer Rights (DG SANCO), which is located in Brussels, has also been subordinate to the Health Committee. The reason is that, in our opinion, product safety is important to the health of consumers.
Corr .: It turns out that the function led by you department is food safety included?
R.M .: Our department works not only with food, but also with pharmaceuticals for animals. Absolutely all products exported from Italy have a quality certificate.
Corr .: Tell us about the product safety system in force in Italy?
R.M .: Our system includes 10 institutions operating throughout the country. Each institute has its own laboratory and in each specialists work with both animals and plants. We are responsible for both areas.
Corr .: How do you assess the phytosanitary situation in your country today?
R.M .: The situation is quite favorable. Currently, we have no problems with both animal health and phytosanitary.
I would also like to note that next year, 2015, Milan will host an exhibition “Feed the Planet. Energy for life. " This is an opportunity for us to present the existing system of veterinary and phytosanitary control in Italy. At the event, each participating country will be able to tell and demonstrate their advantages.
Corr .: What work is being done in Italy to prevent phytosanitary and veterinary risks?
R.M .: Italy has very strict phytosanitary and veterinary regulations. Thousands of inspectors working in the health care system monitor compliance with these rules. Inspectors are empowered to monitor the quality of food, both in a restaurant and in an agricultural enterprise.
In general, the system employs about 6 thousand specialists. This is the largest figure among the EU countries.
Corr .: If violations of the law are detected, are there any penalties?
R.M .: When conducting research in the field of food safety, we are guided by the rules of the European Union. In case of violation of the law, measures of influence determined by the Italian Government and the Ministry of Justice are applied. More often than not, this is a fine. And its size depends on the type of offense: administrative or criminal.
I think this practice exists in every country. For example, what are the sanctions for the supply of low-quality grain in Russia?
Corr .: If we talk about Russia, then at present in our countries
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the legislation does not regulate violations in the grain sector. When imported, grain may be damaged or not at all meet the requirements of the state standard. But even in this case, the person supplying the defective product will not be held liable.
Only the state can control the quality and safety of grain in Italy? Or can private laboratories also monitor the quality of these products?
R.M .: In Italy, only state control operates. If we talk about quality control, then it is carried out by authorized bodies subordinate to the Ministry of Agriculture. And our department and the Ministry of Health are responsible for grain safety. We monitor compliance with the rules and requirements for the production of products. In particular, we make a decision on the possibility of using certain agrochemicals, as well as establish maximum permissible concentrations for their use.
Corr .: Italy ranks first among the EU countries for rice production. According to statistics, only the export volumes of this crop reach one and a half million tons annually. Tell us about the technology of rice production in your country? Does it differ from the traditional one?
R.M .: Rice production is an important component of the Italian agro-industrial complex. Traditionally, the main producers of this culture are the northern regions of Italy, in particular the Padan plain area.
We are interested in new technologies that can reduce the use of herbal medicines 
and grow produce in less water. Not so long ago, culture production technologies were changed in our country. Whereas we used to submerge a seedling in water and then add medications to eliminate weeds, today we grow rice in dry soil. Medicated water is introduced later. But this method uses fewer drugs.
Rice grown using this technology is different from Asian rice. The peculiarity of the grain is that it is very strong. And we consider our rice to be the best of all known varieties.
Corr .: Russian agrarians are also interested in Italy's experience with farmers' associations. Could you elaborate on this form of farming in more detail?
R.M .: Indeed, in Italy, farming associations are widespread. They function in accordance with the agricultural policy of the European Union and our state. Every year the Ministry of Agriculture decides which agricultural products to support. This decision is communicated to the farmers' associations.
We conclude agreements on mutual cooperation in the field of food safety with farming associations. Thus, we exchange experience and improve legislation. Our department does not decide what to produce, but performs control functions.
Corr .: And what are the main problems you have to face in the implementation of export-import supplies?
R.M .: On this moment the problem of trade lies in non-tariff methods of regulation of foreign economic activity. Not all countries comply with international regulations such as the OIE Code * or the Alimentarius Code ** that regulate product safety.
Corr .: If we talk about imports from Russia, what products are most often supplied toItaly from our country?
R.M .: We mainly import corn and grain products. We also buy animal skins in Russia.
Today, work continues to harmonize the legislation of our countries in the field of trade. I suppose that in the near future we will be able to simplify the process of export and import not only between Russia and Italy, but also in the European Union as a whole.
Corr .: In conclusion of our conversation, I would like to hear your opinion on the cooperation between the Italian Ministry of Health and the Russian Ministry of Agriculture. Will joint projects be implemented this year? 
R.M .: The Italian Ministry of Health and the Russian Ministry of Agriculture have been cooperating for several years. This year, it is planned to sign a Memorandum on strengthening the interaction of the parties. We are also working on opening a representative office of the International Epizootic Bureau in Moscow. The Italian Ministry of Health is planning to send its specialists to work in this organization as soon as possible. We consider it a priority to strengthen cooperation between our countries.
Andrey YURKOV
* The Bureau International of Epizootics (OIE) is an intergovernmental organization responsible for animal health. The OIE is recognized by the World Trade Organization (WTO) as an advisory organization. The headquarters of the organization is located in Paris, France.
** Codex Alimentarius (lat. Codex Alimentarius- Food Code) is a set of international food standards adopted by the International Commission of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and The World Organization Health (WHO) on the implementation of a food code of standards and regulations. Codex standards cover staple foods - processed and processed foods as well as unprocessed foods.
Like many Impressionist painters, Claude Monet was inspired by nature. But unlike many others, he was also a diligent gardener. In 1883, the artist moved to Giverny, a small village in Normandy, which he somehow noticed while passing by on a train.
Around the house, which he completely bought in 1890, he laid out a blooming garden with roses, lilies, azaleas, poppies and other flowers and plants. And, of course, the famous pond with weeping willows, water lilies and Japanese-style bridges is located here, which later became the most popular theme of his paintings.
Today, Monet's house and garden has been converted into an open-air museum, open from late March to early November. During this time, everything here smells fragrant and blooms: now tulips, now roses, now buttercups. So, arriving at any time of the year, you will find a green oasis with a stunning variety of colors.
Entrance fee: 9.5 euros.
Alhambra, Granada, Spain
This architectural ensemble with parks and gardens in the south of Spain, it can undoubtedly be called a masterpiece of Moorish art. You need to come here early in the morning (having previously bought tickets on the Internet, in order to avoid the queue at the entrance) and spend the whole day, since there are several palaces, parks, gardens, towers on a huge territory, and all this with a memorable view of the Sierra Nevada mountains. The most favorable time to visit the Alhambra is spring and autumn, as in summer there is a southern heat, reaching 50 degrees.
An architectural masterpiece was built thanks to the Nasrid dynasty, which ruled from 1230 to 1492.
Ponds, arches, carvings, exotic flowers and trees, fountains and sculptures - all this amazes with grace and luxury. It is impossible to single out a specific palace, everyone will most likely like something of their own: the Generalife with a quiet and romantic courtyard of the Irrigation Canal, Partal with a pond and surrounding palm trees, or the Nasrid Palace with the famous Lion Courtyard. And yes, be ready to meet the peacocks.
You can visit the Alhambra throughout the year, with the exception of holidays from 8-30 to 18 (until 20 from March 16 to October 16). Also, the palaces are open at night, check the details on the official website.
Ticket price: 14 euros.
Villa d'Este, Tivoli, Italy
An hour's drive from Rome, in the town of Tivoli, on a hill is the Italian Villa d'Este, perhaps one of the most famous in the country. The villa and the famous gardens with fountains were erected in the 16th century by the decision of Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este, son of Lucrezia Borgia.
The Renaissance villa is decorated with Italian tapestries, sculptures, mosaics, but the real treasure is the garden and the fountains.
The most attractive place can be called the Neptune Fountain with an extraordinary water cascade. An indelible impression is also made by the Organ Fountain, which plays small melodies by means of water. The path of a hundred fountains is suitable for romantic and quiet walks with the process of studying bas-reliefs based on Ovid's poem "Metamorphoses".
The garden and the villa are open all year round (the exact schedule of visits, depending on the month, must be specified on the website), the ticket price is 8 euros.
Keukenhof, Lisse, Netherlands
A magnificent garden with tulips, which is laid out between Amsterdam and The Hague in the town of Lisse, unfortunately, is open in a very short period of time - from March to May, which is actually explained by the tulip blooming period.
But when you arrive in this period of time, you find tulip fields - there are about 800 varieties of them on an area of 32 hectares. In addition to the famous flowers, daffodils, dahlias, orchids and roses grow here.
The ticket price is 16 euros.
Versailles, France
The residence of the French kings, built in the 17th century, is an absolute must-see during a trip to Paris. The palace and park ensemble is located just an hour's drive from the capital and offers an almost untouched landscape of the time of Louis XIV.
The park and fountains are an example of French style and a creation famous architect André Le Nôtre. Smoothly trimmed bushes, green labyrinths, among which are hidden fountains and sculptures, wide alleys and elegantly lined lawns - it is convenient to explore all this royal beauty on a bicycle, which are immediately rented out.
Be careful, the fountains do not work every day. There are also fountain shows and musical evenings during the season. The ticket price for the palace and the park is 18 euros.
