19th Century Garden Designers

By reginald blomfield 1856 1942 english landscape architect and illustrated by francis i.

19th century garden designers. For a century her painterly way of grouping plants in large. The formal garden à la française exemplified by the gardens of versailles became the dominant horticultural style in europe until the middle of the 18th century when the english landscape garden and the french landscape garden acceded to dominance. The terminology has evolved to include those once known as landscape gardeners landscape designers architects surveyors or civil engineers in particular this includes people from the 19th century who d practiced before the term landscape architect was coined.

Stowe in buckinghamshire 1730 1738 was an even more radical departure from the formal french garden in the early 18th century richard temple 1st viscount cobham had commissioned charles bridgeman to design a formal garden with architectural decorations by john vanbrugh bridgeman s design included an octagonal lake and a rotunda 1720 21 designed by vanbrugh. Garden and landscape design garden and landscape design 19th century. 19th century artist and garden designer who worked for the aristocracy and richest gentry.

A landscape architect is someone who practices landscape architecture regulations of the profession vary by country and state. In the early 19th century scottish botanist john claudius loudon introduced a new style of garden design that he called the gardenesque style. 1893 garden craft old and new.

Gertrude jekyll 1843 1932 no garden designer has had more enduring influence on the british garden. In the 19th century a welter of historical revivals and romantic cottage inspired gardening. The formal garden in england.

A text book of agricultural entomology. Increasing world trade and travel brought to late 18th century europe a flood of exotic plants whose period of flowering greatly extended the potential season of the flower garden. Thomas 1866 1950 english artist and garden designer.

Market gardening and farm notes. It does not include the innumerable people who count gardening among their hobbies. Dec 28 2014 explore terri alves s board 19th century gardens on pinterest.