Garden History
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A Classical Landscape at Stourhead
Visiting the gardens at the sprawling estate of Stourhead, Wiltshire, is like walking into a Claude Lorrain painting, or some kind of fantastical neoclassical, Grand Tour dream. In fact, Henry Hoare I, who first acquired the Stourhead estate for his family in 1717 (then known as Stourton Manor) owned a Lorrain painting, Aeneas at Delos. read more
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Visiting Prior Park Landscape Garden, Bath
Print made by unknown artist, A Perspective View of Prior Park, the Seat of Ralph Allen Esq. near Bath, undated, Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection, B1998.14.180. Welcome to Prior Park, a beautiful garden overlooking the Georgian city of Bath that is home to this stunning Palladian bridge: one of only read more
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Mini-Post | The Hill Garden and Pergola
Welcome to a little corner of Hampstead, where you will find the most perfect “The Secret Garden” vibes… The Pergola at Hill Garden was originally built in the early twentieth century for Lord Leverhulme by Thomas Mawson. Funnily enough, at the same time the Pergola was being built, the Northern underground line was being extended read more
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Dr. Lizzie Rogers 