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
After the emense success of Vaux-le-Vicomte and Versailles in France, inspiration of great magnitude spread through Europe. The french formal garden became the obsession of garden designers – they coveted it’s size, fame and it’s ability to manipulate nature. So sprung a series of gardens throughout the continent that would mimic formal vocabulary. This included … Continue reading
The Sun King’s Garden In yesterday’s post I spoke about Le Nôtre’s Vaux-le-Vicomte garden.Today I will take time to describe his other greatest masterpiece, the Versailles garden, which was in fact inspired by the grounds of Fouquet’s Vaux-le -Victomte. As we left off in the story, Louis XIV had requested for a royal tour of the … Continue reading
The Vaux-le-vicomte was a haven for upcoming french artists of the 17th century. Writers, painters, sculptors and poets all gave the Vaux a part of their talent. Nicolas Fouquet commissioned the construction of the chateau and the garden to be connected to it, it was to be the greatest estate in France for it’s time. The estate … Continue reading
Garden Installment – France While Italian Renaissance gardens seem to have dedicated significant time to symmetry within their plans, the french took a more asymmetrical view. This seems to be a similarity between the Italian gardens of the time. It would not be far-fetched to say that France gather many of their gardening aspects from … Continue reading
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