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ENGLISH GARDEN

INTRODUCTION

MANY PEOPLE CONSIDER THAT THE LANDSCAPE GARDEN ARE THE GREATEST CONTRIBUTION
OF ENGLAND TO WORLD CULTURE AFTER SHAKESPEARE.

CONCEPT BEHIND IT -

IN THE EARLY YEARS OF 18TH CENTURY, THE ARTIST AND DESIGNER WILLIAM KENT BEGAN
TO COMPOSE GARDENS LOOK LIKE LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS. WILLIAM KENT

KENT IS RECOGNISED AS THE FATHER OF THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE GARDEN AND


A PIONEER OF PICTURESQUE.
WHAT IS ENGLISH LANDSCAPE GARDEN
• THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE GARDEN IS CALLED ENGLISH LANDSCAPE PARK OR SIMPLY THE
ENGLISH GARDEN.
• ITS A STYLE OF LANDSCAPE GARDEN WHICH EMERGED IN ENGLAND IN THE EARLY 18TH
CENTURY.
• IT DREW INSIPIRATION FROM PAINTINGS OF LANDSCAPES.
• BEFORE ENGLISH GARDEN MOST GARDENS WERE ARRANGED IN FRENCH OR DUTCH STYLE.
• THE FRENCH AND DUTCH GARDEN HAS RECTANGULAR SUBDIVISION.
• STRAIGHT AVENUES, PATHS MAKE THE ENTIRE AREA LOOK VERY FORMAL AND SYMMETRICAL.
ELEMENTS WITHIN ENGLISH GARDENS

RECREATION OF
CLASSIC RUINS BRIDGES
BUILDINGS.

TEMPLE OF ANCIENT VIRTUE AT STOWE GARDEN OF ROUHSAM HOUSE STOURHEAD ENGLISH GARDEN

NATURAL STONE COBBLE STONE

GARDEN REALM
CHARACTERSTICS OF AN ENGLISH GARDEN
LAKE
• THERE WAS ALWAYS A LAKE IN THE ENGLISH GARDENS, MOST WERE MAN MADE BUT ALL
APPEARED TO BE NATURAL FORMING BASINS.
• THEIR EDGES WERE MEANDERING AND IRREGULAR AND OFTEN HAD PATHWAYS WEAVING
THROUGH THE TREES ABD DOSE TO THE WATER’S EDGE.
TREE GROVES
• THEY WERE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE LANDSCAPE WITH PATHS THAT ALLOWED THE GARDENS
USERS TO WANDER IN AND OUT OF THE GROVES AND PROVIDE A VIEW OF ROLLING LAWNS
AGAINST MASS TREE PLANTINGS.
ROLLING LAWNS

• ROLLING LAWN TOPOGRAPHY ALLOWED VISITORS FOR SURPRISES AS THEY COME AROUND
MOUNDS OR NICHES.
GROTTOS

• GROTTOS WERE USED AS ROMANTIC HIDE OUTS.


• THEY WERE MANMADE BUT BUILT TO RESEMBLE A DARK NATURAL FORMING CAVE.
CASE STUDY - GARDEN OF ROUHSHAM HOUSE
• THIS HOUSE IS LOCATED IN OXFORDSHIRE AND IS CONSIDERED BY SOME AS THE MOST
ACCOMPLISHED AND SIGNIFICANT OF WILLIAM KENTS WORK.
• HE HAS USED A STATUE OF APOLLO INSIDE THE GARDEN, DEPICTING A THEATRE PLAY THAT
HOW A GROOVE OF TREES DRAWS THE EYE ON THE STATUE.
• TO ACHIEVE A PAINTLY EEFECT KENT INSTRUCTED HIS GARDENER TO USE DARK COLOURS OF
EVERGREEN TREES.
• TO CREATE THE ILLUSION OF UNBROKEN LANDSCAPE KENT HAS USED SEVERAL TECHNIQUE AT THE
GARDEN OF ROUSHAM HOUSE.
• ONE OF THE THOSE TECHNIQUE IS HA HA WALL.
• A WALL THAT SEPARATED GARDEN FROM GRAZING LAND, BEING INVISIBLE FROM A DISTANCE.
• CATTLE COULD BE KEPT SEPARATED WITHOUT THE USE OF HEDGES OR FENCES.
• AT ROUSHAM KENT EXTENDED THE VIEWS INTO THE DISTANCE BY DESIGNING A GOTHIC STYLE
ALETRATION TO AN OLD MILL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF RIVER.
• HIGH UP IN THE HILL HE CREATED A LARGE TRIPLE ARCH ARCHITECTURAL FOLLY CALLED THE
EYE CATCHER.
• IT WAS MADE ON PURPOSE TO DIRECT THE VIEW TOWARDS THE FIELD ABOVE THE GARDEN.

• KENT’S CRAFTED VIEWS ARE BEST APPRECIATED FROM THE SEAT HE HAS DESIGNED AND
SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE GARDENS.
• THIS SEAT PROVIDE THE VIEW OF GARDEN TO WATCH THE RIVER FLOW BENEATH THE STONE
BRIDGE.
• KENT’S GARDEN OFTEN ANNOUCED THMESELVES WITH SPECTACULAR GATES, ENTRANCES.
• HE HAS PUT THOSE GATES AND ENTRANCES ON THE PERIMETER OF THE LAND OWNER
HOLDINGS IN ROUSHAMS.
• AFTER YEARS OF EXPERIMENTING WITH CASCADES AND DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS HE CREATED
THE SPECTACULAR VEIL OF VENUS AT ROUSHMAS.
• IT HAD FOUNTAIN AT THAT TIME WHICH WENT UP AS LONG AS 50FEET IN AIR.

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