Huys Clingendael

The architecture of the original part of Clingendael shares some of the features of the Huygens’s country house in Voorburg, Hofwijck.

Arnout’s unmarried daughter Marguérite, known as Lady Daisy, laid out Clingendael’s fine Japanese garden.

During World War II, the estate was confiscated by the Nazis and occupied by Reichskommissar Arthur Seyss-Inquart.

The Japanese Garden was created in the beginning of the 20th century by Baroness Marguérite van Brienen (1871-1939), also called Lady Daisy.

The original design with the serene pond, meandering brook and the winding pathways has remained intact all these years.