Prompted by ideas of the Enlightenment and Reformation, Worlitz is a destination in its own right. It combines the notions of the practical and the beautiful. Sculptures, commemorative stones, buildings, and bridges dot the riverside woods, and island waterways, exemplifying a replication of English landscape forms. For grand overview, the site can be viewed from a gondola on a waterway. But while you’re admiring the ancient oak or the field maples, siberian irises and water ferns, don’t neglect to be aware of the spirit behind it all. Namely, that the Garden Kingdom was built with a desire to improve all facets of life. Needless to say, it became a template to landscape art.