Famous Gardens Starring in Movies

Posted by Bridgman on March 28, 2013

Despite the fact that most popular movies were filmed indoors, in a studio, using visual effects and motion graphics, some of their most famous scenes have been shot outdoors. Most of you should remember the romantic scene from Notebook shot in a boat in the middle of a lake, or the exotic garden of the luxury house where Tony Montana from the movie Scarface used to live. But where are all these beautiful places? Find out some of the most famous gardens shown in all-time-classic movies below.

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

  Back before Harry Potter was as famous as it is now, do you remember the site of Madame Hooch’s flying lesson in the first Harry Potter film? Well that was at the Alnwick Castle - one of the most spectacular gardens in Britain.

• Tim Burton’s Alice in wonderland.

  It may not be a real garden, as all scenes of the film are a part of Burton’s fantastical world, but is one of the most famous and outstanding gardens.

• Midnight in Paris

  One of the latest Woody Allen’s films was shot at Claude Monet's water garden in Giverny. A very romantic scene on the famous Japanese bridge.

• Notebook

  The garden of Noah’s (Ryan Gosling) big white house with the blue shutters is full of green grass and some old oak trees.

• Notting Hill

  Anna Scott (Julia Roberts) accepts the proposal and the wedding takes place in the Zen Garden, designed by Anouska Hempel. The famous garden stands opposite the entrance of the Hempel hotel in Bayswater,London.

• It’s Complicated

  Every gardener must have been jealous of Meryl Streep’s garden as it appears in the movie “It’s complicated”. The house is a Mediterranean style house located in Thousand Oaks, California and it has a dream vegetable garden in the backyard.

• Pride and Prejudice

  Darcy’s (Matthew Macfadyen) first proposal to Elizabeth (Keira Knightley) takes place in the Apollo Temple in the well-known Stourhead Garden, England.

• Scarface

  The luxury house where Tony Montana (Al Pacino) and his wife Elvira (Michelle Pfeiffer) lived is located in Santa Barbara, California. Big swimming pools and high palm trees made everyone who has watched the movie jealous of this garden.

• Forrest Gump

  Forrest Gump, played by Tom Hanks, tells his life story while sitting on a bench in the garden of Savannah History Museum.

• Memoirs of a Geisha

  Hakone Gardens in Saratoga, California was one of the filming locations of the movie “Memoirs of a Geisha”. It’s a traditional Japanese garden with a handsome redwood and bamboo gate in the entrance. Can you recall any of these scenes?