Let me show you two gardens.
One of the most spectacular gardens in the world is the garden of Palace of Versailles. Created in the 17th century and developed on an immense scale under Louis XIV, it was a garden that consumed the wealth of an entire state. To this day, its maintenance costs millions of euros each year.
Now, a contrasting example.
My grandmother lived in an apartment with a small balcony. She grew countless geraniums there, bright red. On warm days, we would sit there together. She called that small space her garden.
And to us, it was a beautiful garden.
Its cost? A few hundred złoty. A few pots, soil, plants.
And yet, there was something in it that cannot be measured.
To this day, when I design gardens, I look for that feeling more often than I look at the budget.
Because a garden is not about price or size. It is about the atmosphere it leaves behind.
So, answering the question we are often asked:
a garden can cost from a few hundred złoty
to several fortunes.
And both can be equally valuable.
