English Park is located on the shores of Lake Geneva and is made in the traditional style of English. The essence of this is reflected in the style of straight alleys, sculptures of white stone and a special tree planting. The park has more than busts and magnificent fountain A.Andre work. On one of the two huge boulders protruding above the surface of the lake, is a detailed map of Switzerland.

Famous flower clock - one of the symbols of the city - also located in the English Garden. Even in ancient Greece the idea flower clock: at various plants flowers open and close at different time of the day, so you can choose plants that bloom around them to tell time. The idea to re-create such a watch came up with Carl Linnaeus. Linnaeus sought students interested in biological rhythms of plants and flowers. Long before this scientist thoroughly studied othe what was even written a book of science.

In 1903, it installed the first Geneva flower clock - a copy of the development of Linnaeus. And it's not just a decoration - they move the arrow. The whole mechanism is hidden under the flower arrangements, and the dial is the very flower bed. Modern clock placed in the park, were installed in 1955, their diameter - 5 meters. Each year the "design" watch me and for this purpose, 6,500 varieties of flowers, moreover, every month, the color palette changes completely.

Flower Clock Geneva remarkable by the fact that they remind us recognizes the primacy of the city in the Swiss watch industry and demonstrate a unity of specific elements of art, design and gardening.