tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750459.post8765285792759538998..comments2023-10-17T15:55:47.102+00:00Comments on The Inelegant Gardener: From marsh to English landscapeHappyMouffetardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09157145094611234176noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750459.post-22006667668082254472010-12-08T23:08:41.706+00:002010-12-08T23:08:41.706+00:00I'm reading Tim Richardson's The Arcadian ...I'm reading Tim Richardson's The Arcadian Friends, about the development of the English landscape garden. so this post is timely, at least for me. Thank you. It's quite a complex and entertaining story, culminating in Lancelot 'Capability' Brown (or reaching its nadir). It adds quite a bit of complexity to this story. If you haven't read it, I do recommend it.James Goldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12718058779971621920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750459.post-46951803254772751962010-11-09T14:48:16.606+00:002010-11-09T14:48:16.606+00:00Have enjoyed a couple of September walks round Cro...Have enjoyed a couple of September walks round Croome post Malvern Show. A most interesting place and to think that they did not have the same equipment and technology on hand as we do now. Would like to visit in spring. Most excellent cake to be had too.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10794392333038962798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750459.post-70638878597480769802010-10-27T12:11:37.826+00:002010-10-27T12:11:37.826+00:00Gorgeous! Some parts of it remind me of Tytesfield...Gorgeous! Some parts of it remind me of Tytesfield's landscape because that waas designed with the long-term view in mind.<br /><br />...and I thought doing my Japanese garden and ponds was a long term project?!Nutty Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146296943319504785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750459.post-5186760279845287182010-10-27T09:16:03.146+00:002010-10-27T09:16:03.146+00:00What stuns me about these gardens is the vision of...What stuns me about these gardens is the vision of Brown<em>et al</em>. I have trouble planning a small border - they were able to "see" the naturalistic landscape as it would be decades from when they were shouting at peasants digging lakes and planting trees. Beautiful.Janet/Plantaliscioushttp://plantaliscious.janetbruten.co.uk/noreply@blogger.com