Edwardian Gardens at Lyme Park by sandra46
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Description
I beg your pardon,
I never promised you a rose garden.
Along with the sunshine,
There's gotta be a little rain sometimes.
Rose Garden, 1970– written by Joe South, sung by country legend Lynn Anderson)
The Victorians invented the formal rose garden where they could display their horticultural prowess. Such gardens are still popular in municipal parks and in the gardens of rose breeding enthusiasts. Edwardians craved a rural idyll to capture the romance of the countryside within the confines of the ever-expanding urban and suburban landscape. It was a period of prosperity and this was reflected in the exuberant gardening styles. Informal planting schemes were mixed with formal, structured landscaping. This included herbaceous borders with drifts of colour, as suggested by Gertrude Jekyll, and informal woodland planting schemes using native and exotic plants, as recommended by William Robinson. The Italian Renaissance-style also enjoyed a revival through architects such as Inigo Triggs and Harold Peto.
Lyme Park features 17 acres of enjoyable Victorian gardens, including a sunken parterre (the Dutch Garden), an Edwardian rose garden (on the left of the photo), a ravine garden, Jekyll-style herbaceous borders(in between), and a conservatory designed by James Wyatt(on the right). The estate surrounding the Italianate house stretches to an enormous 1400 acres, with a deer park that existed in the medieval period, moorland, and park containing a hunting tower built in the 18th century.
Thank you for your kind comments.
Comments (32)
Amosicho
Wonderful shots Sandra :-)
claude19
Great history and exceptional collage with your splendid shots !!! GREAT and Beautiful !
magnus073
These images are very lovely, really nice work Sandra
lyron
Great pictures and info. Excellent!!
virginiese
holly cow ! that's a garden ! I would like one like this one :-) I know the song too from Reba McEntire ! Great collage !
flora-crassella
wonderful photos!!!!!
bmac62
Beautiful and historic gardens. A collage makes a mighty fine display tool. I can just imagine the hundreds of man-hours each week that must go into these gardens.
durleybeachbum
So Interesting!
bebert
belle présentation pour ce joli jardin
allnaydi
Very lovely garden scenes, captures and info Sandra! Outstanding presentation my friend.
brycek
Beautiful garden captures..very nice!!
ShadowsNTime
Love these wonderful gardens and info is superb! Thank you for sharing these Sandra!
Minda
wonderful history and great pano sandra!!
decie
how i would love to have a lawn like that not to mention the flowers and shrubs, Beautiful captures thanks for showing and making me envious lol
amota99517
Cool collage. These are such great images.
witch_1612
Wonderful Work!!!
lucindawind
very beautiful !
Mousson
wonderful!!!
tennesseecowgirl
I am really enjoying this series..
Hendesse
A wonderful collage, very beautiful colors and light!
Radar_rad-dude
Very beautiful subject matter and captures! Love your descriptive too! Great delight to the eye and mind, reading the history of gardening you are providing! Thank you again, so much, for sharing this information and your high quality images continue to provide such ezquisite views! Bravo! Very well done! 1,000,000,000++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
MOSKETON
unos lugares fantasticos.
jocko500
real wonderful to look at these photos
myquad
Stunning collage!
elfin14doaks
Gorgeous shots Sandra, very interesting commentary also.
schonee
WoW Beautiful collage Hun!
petercp
wonderful captures sandra and very descriptive indeed!
Shirahime
Beautiful!
BessieB
My late Dad sent me to town to get some socks for school in 1970 and I came home with the record, Rose Garden, it went down like a lead balloon!!! Love your images Sandra, bright and beautiful
Miska7
Very nice shots and information! Well done.