モンフォールトの天然記念物・トップ9

Standard orchards are no longer common. They can still be admired on the Bredius Estate. There are two large orchards and several smaller ones with old apple varieties, such as the Goudrenet and the Notarisapple, and old pear varieties, such as the Saint-Rémy and the Legipont. The oldest fruit trees are over 100 years old. Originally, there were over four hundred fruit trees on the estate, spread across sixteen orchards. The estate now has 370 fruit trees.

The Queen Wilhelmina Tree in Schoonhoven is a monumental linden tree planted in 1895 to commemorate the inauguration of Queen Wilhelmina in 1898. The accompanying ornamental fence with cast-iron elements was unveiled in 1895 and is an important historical symbol for the city.

I was not familiar with this phenomenon myself, but there are trees of this type in more places in the Netherlands.

Willeskop is a hamlet that lies partly in the municipality of Montfoort and partly in the municipality of Oudewater in the Dutch province of Utrecht and consists of a number of farms and houses along the N228. The place is located in the Lopikerwaard polder and was an independent municipality from 1818 to 1989.

The avenues on either side of this long, straight pond run partly diagonally to provide the view to and from the northern castle tower or knight's tower.

The Kruisvijver is a more than 400 meter long geometric pond that stands at the head of the castle. The northernmost point is very photogenic. From the end of this elongated pond you have a beautiful view of the castle where the knight's tower is reflected exactly in the middle of the pond when the weather is nice.

This tree species is native to Louisiana bayous. Nice that there is also a copy here in the Netherlands. Source: https://warcapps.usgs.gov/PlantID/Species/Details/780