The nineteenth century horticulture found in Europe is both vast and confusing. There was a significant leap in garden design and this created a long list of notable garden. This makes it difficult to select only a few to encompass all the developments in style, ideas and approaches that emerged during the era. Two particular styles comes to … Continue reading
Today I would like to introduce a garden term you may not be too familiar with, the Ha-ha. Ha-ha is a type of trench that most thought about in the 18th century, England. It was designed with two views in mind: one side would show no signs of sudden drops in terrain as to not … Continue reading
Humphry Repton (1752 – 1818) was one of the last greatest English landscape designers of the eighteenth century. He mastered both his craft and self-promotion. Repton had several commissions of gardens and with his growing popularity, he had decided to publish a book of Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening in 1795. This book followed the layout … Continue reading
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