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| The Garden of Dreams |
The Garden
of Dreams, a neo classical historical garden, is situated in the midst of
Kathmandu city, Nepal. The Garden was famous as the garden of Six Seasons which
was created by late Field Marshal Kaiser Sumsher Rana (1892-1964) in early
1920. After the completion of this Garden, it was considered as one of the most
sophisticated private gardens of that time. However, it was a private garden of
Kaiser Sumsher, it was beautifully designed inspired by the famous Edwardian
style. Kishore Narshingh, a prominent architect who designed and constructed
Singha Durbar in 1907, designed and supervised the construction of the Garden
of Dreams. Within the Garden walls, Kaiser Sumsher created an exquisite
ensemble of pavillions, fountains, decorative garden furnitures and European
inspired features such as varandas, pergolas, blustrades, urns and birdhouses.
He erected six impressive pavillions, each dedicated to one of the six seasons
of Nepal. These pavillions provided the Garden's architectural framework and
lent a cosmopolitan flavor to the formal arrangement of flowers, shrubs and
trees. Today, only half of the original garden is in existance.
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