Garden case studies
Tudor & Stuart Gardens - The Tradescant Garden
The Tradescant Garden at the Museum of Garden History in London is a replica 17th century knot garden. It commemorates John Tradescant and his son, also called John. They were famous plant-hunters and gardeners to Robert Cecil, Lord Buckingham and Queen Henrietta Maria, the French wife of King Charles I.
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'English Garden Style' - Prior Park
Created by entrepreneur and philanthropist Ralph Allen in 1764, Prior Park Landscape Garden lies in a dramatic site running down a steep valley to the edge of Bath. A fine example of the English Landscape movement, the garden is listed Grade 1 in English Heritage’s register of parks and gardens, and forms part of the World Heritage Site of Bath.
Victorian Gardens - Belsay Garden
The gardens at Belsay are listed Grade 1 on the National Register of Gardens, and are of national and international significance. As they are seen today, the gardens are of largely nineteenth century creation, created mainly in the Picturesque style and made by two men: Sir Charles Monck and, on his death, his grandson, Sir Arthur Middleton.
Victorian Gardens - Birkenhead Park
Public parks developed around the industrial cities of northern England, but their popularity spread throughout the world. Birkenhead Park is one of the earliest and best examples. It was created on the edge of a new, prosperous and rapidly expanding town as a gesture of civic pride.
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Victorian Gardens - Brodsworth Garden
The gardens at Brodsworth were created in the 1860s, at the same time that a new hall was built on the site. There had been an earlier garden around the previous Brodsworth Hall, and part of this survives in the quarry garden. The gardens cover six hectares and are set within the parkland of the original estate.
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'Arts & Crafts' Gardens - Hestercombe Gardens
This case study tells the story of the most recent of Hestercombe’s three gardens,known as the Lutyens/Jekyll Garden, a fine example of the Arts and Crafts style of garden design.
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Later 20thC Gardens - East Lambrook Manor
At different times in garden history certain gardens catch the imagination and seem to be distinctive of that time. The garden that Margery Fish made at East Lambrook Manor in Somerset between 1938 and her death in 1969 is certainly an example.
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