ENGLISH GARDEN

Landscape Architecture
• The English garden, is a style of "landscape" garden which
emerged in England in the early 18th century, and spread
across Europe, replacing the more formal, symmetrical 17th
century principal gardening style of Europe.

• The English garden presented an idealized view of nature. It

drew inspiration from paintings of landscapes by Claude
Lorrain and Nicolas Poussin, and, in the Anglo-Chinese
garden, from the classic Chinese gardens of the East, which
had recently been described by European travellers.
• The English garden usually included a lake, sweeps of
gently rolling lawns set against groves of trees, and
recreations of classical temples, Gothic ruins, bridges, and
other picturesque architecture, designed to recreate an
idyllic pastoral landscape.
EARLY STAGES
• The predecessors of the landscape garden in England were
the great parks created by Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas
Hawksmoor at Castle Howard, Blenheim Palace, and
the Claremont Landscape Garden at Claremont House.

• These parks featured vast lawns, woods, and pieces of

architecture, such as the classical mausoleum designed by
Hawksmoor at Castle Howard. At the center of the
composition was the house, behind which were formal and
symmetrical gardens in the style of the garden with ornate
carpets of floral designs and walls of hedges, decorated
with statues and fountains.
GARDEN OF VERSAILLES
BEFORE ENGLISH GARDEN
• Before English garden most garden was arranged in French
or Dutch style .

• These French and Dutch gardens have rectangular

subdivision.

• Straight avenues & paths and water contained

symmetrically shaped basin.
FRENCH GARDEN LAYOUT
DUTCH GARDEN LAYOUT
INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW STYLE
• The new style that became known as the English garden
was invented by landscape designers William
Kent and Charles Bridgeman.

WILLIAM KENT CHARLES BRIDGEMAN

• William Kent (1685–1748) was an architect, painter and
furniture designer who introduced Palladian style
architecture to England. Kent's inspiration came
from Palladio's buildings in the Veneto and the landscapes
and ruins around Rome. His gardens were designed to
complement the Palladian architecture of the houses he
built.

• Charles Bridgeman (1690–1738) was the son of a gardener

and an experienced horticulturist. He collaborated with
Kent on several major gardens, providing the botanical
expertise which allowed Kent to realize his architectural
visions.
CHISWICK HOUSE

By William Kent
 ROUSHAM PALLADIAN BRIDGE-STOWE

TEMPLE OF ANCIENT VIRTUE-STOWE STOURHEAD GARDEN

• Before the introduction of English landscape,
nature was viewed as dangerous, cranky.

• The English landscape completely changed this

view to appreciate and value the natural world.
ELEMNTS IN ENGLISH GARDEN
• Recreations of classic buildings.
• Ruins.
• Bridges.
• Natural stone.
• Cobblestone.
• Wattle edging & panels
• Bee skep
• 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 and close to the water’s
edge.
• Rolling lawns

Rolling lawn topography allowed visitors for surprises as

they come around mounds or niches
• Tree groves

Tree groves 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.
• Ha ha wall

The purpose of ha ha wall was to separate garden from the

grazing land but was invisible from a distance .

Cattle could be kept securely in their fields without the use

of hedges or fences to interrupt the view
• Grottos

Grottos were used as romantic hide outs.

They were manmade but build to resemble a dark natural

forming cave.
THANK YOU
PREPARED BY---
Lazar Varghese
Praveen Peter
Amal Raphael
Merin Rajan
Sherin Jose
Akhil Johny
Anandu Kumar
Aliya
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