The Bobbly Gardens

The Gardens of the Royal Palace, often nicknamed The Bobbly Gardens, is one of 7 national parks on the isle of Whitmount. Although not the oldest (that award goes to Mt. Duxiy) and certainly not the largest (that goes to the Ngethång plains), it is perhaps the most decedent, and certainly the most bizarre. Originally built as a botanical garden by the consort to Eric III, Queen Fredirika of Toulouse, it was designed by acclaimed Dutch botanist Michel Matthias Albinson in 1681. The original design (shown in the picture above), was built over during the next few decades, as many various consorts wanted different things from the garden. The garden today is a breathing history of the island, chronicling the different regimes of the land, from the decadence of the Atte dynasty, to the practicality of the post revolutionary state.