tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post7033396956537931789..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: The rise of the English landscape gardenDebra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-84495497877027076452012-04-06T00:24:40.468-07:002012-04-06T00:24:40.468-07:00That information about Cromwell and knocking down ...That information about Cromwell and knocking down the forests and regulating fruit tree growth is new to me.<br /><br />Thanks for the post!Sophia Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07909417504496472472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-36857372340152502652012-04-05T01:56:40.504-07:002012-04-05T01:56:40.504-07:00Really good post MM, I found it fascinating and es...Really good post MM, I found it fascinating and especially seeing how garden design under Oliver Cromwell led into the latter half of the 18th century. I love Capability Brown's landscapes, I went to Petworth House last year and it's just a stunning example of his work complete with lake, ha-ha and a tunnel for the cattle so they didn't get muddy and would walk onto the landscape clean!<br /><br />I think what makes it a beautiful and technically brilliant thing for me is that you genuinely can't see that any of it's man-made. It all looks so natural and provides uninterrupted views despite the fact the lake is man-made, the trees were mostly planted by Brown and the ha-ha and cattle tunnel were, of course, dug out and built - Genius is, I believe, the word!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-14840541231040156132012-04-04T11:36:53.171-07:002012-04-04T11:36:53.171-07:00The pictures from top to bottom are Hatchlands (pa...The pictures from top to bottom are Hatchlands (painted by Repton); Stowe in Buckinghamshire; and Claremont in Surrey.<br /><br />Carol--there is a lot of information about the orchard/garden situation under Cromwell. He had a radical advisor by the name of Hartlib who advocated alloting a certain number of fruit trees to be grown by each landowner, with fines for those who disobeyed, though how close to becoming law this came, I can't tell you. John Evelyn wrote extensively about the damage to the woodlands in his "Sylva", published in 1664, and that acted as a spur for substantial plantings of woodland throughout the country--and one of Evelyn's main themes was that trees needed to be planted to provide oak for the Royal Navy. Hence planting trees became something of a patriotic duty...M.M. Bennettshttp://www.mmbennetts.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-51610874762570902522012-04-04T08:57:24.886-07:002012-04-04T08:57:24.886-07:00I really enjoy reading about the history of garden...I really enjoy reading about the history of gardens and was especially interested in the situation during the civil war and protectorate. It is my favourite period at the moment and one I studied years ago. Intereseting post.Carol McGrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11072696398820339640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-62270396527259645772012-04-04T06:04:16.036-07:002012-04-04T06:04:16.036-07:00Is that one of the follies at Stourhead? It looks ...Is that one of the follies at Stourhead? It looks familiar.V.R. Christensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808305289401007597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-58273408739791888822012-04-04T05:37:03.086-07:002012-04-04T05:37:03.086-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.V.R. Christensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808305289401007597noreply@blogger.com