tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777150988863604611.post191788495494098243..comments2023-02-18T11:36:14.536+00:00Comments on Gardening Ways......: Hestercombe RevisitedGardener Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01994066266126385308noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777150988863604611.post-8836873580057411672012-04-02T10:37:20.284+01:002012-04-02T10:37:20.284+01:00No, I haven't read Old Herbaceous, but will ke...No, I haven't read Old Herbaceous, but will keep an eye out for that one.<br /><br />Gardening can be a long drawn out affair indeed. I've got used to planting trees knowing other generations will enjoy them. Also, have worked hard to pull some gardens back from a wilderness, knowing they were once well loved and were left to grow wild, and also knowing that they may in future be left to grow wild once again. I think they are fantastic in all their forms, and offer so much. You touched on the window sill; and my nephew recently proudly showed off his eco garden, all enclosed in a mini glass house on his window sill - I was impressed at how engaged he was at such a young age. Very warming and cheap to do too - loved it!Gardener Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01994066266126385308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777150988863604611.post-13662785450549988312012-04-02T07:34:25.822+01:002012-04-02T07:34:25.822+01:00It's a challenging (and daunting!) thought - t...It's a challenging (and daunting!) thought - the idea of gardening to create a work of art. Quite a tough concept when one might be dead before it comes to maturity and the people in between might have ideas which will mess up what one envisaged. It's only in very recent years I've thought how it might be nice to be so mega rich one could own a big garden and have enough money left over to import ready-grown trees and plants and treat the landscape like a canvas. The idea, though, of dividing a garden into areas with different functions (rather like rooms) is one which can be put into practice on even the miniest of scales, even if it's just "this window sill is for micro-salads and this is for flowers"! It can expand the imagination as well as still the mind.<br /><br />Re. gardening staff in 'the old days', have you read 'Old Herbaceous' by Reginald Arkell? It's a delight.Lucy Corrander : Photoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09964351675026702967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777150988863604611.post-233175408481258462012-03-31T16:15:32.057+01:002012-03-31T16:15:32.057+01:00Many thanks for the comments, a couple of weighty ...Many thanks for the comments, a couple of weighty points to respond to potentially!<br /><br />I’d say the reason for the landscape garden seems to have been in the pursuit of art, atmosphere and experience, as well as to display wealth and intellect. I remember that one of the Bampfylde’s responsible for the garden was a keen artist, and many landscape gardens as I’m sure you’re aware, are inspired from art or created to imitate mythical and naturalistic art masterpieces, those of Claude Lorraine spring to mind. <br />This garden offered a carefully planned route, which allowed visitors to enjoy a journey to a range of very different garden buildings, each in their own setting. From certain positions, looking within the garden, those buildings can be seen as a collection, and to this end did try to imitate art as mentioned above. <br />The garden as a whole, although designed with art in mind, was also constructed to be used physically. Whilst the distant views were controlled and framed nicely with trees, the ‘inner’ garden was engineered for various uses: places where business deals could be struck; banquets could be consumed; quiet solace taken, and private family fun enjoyed. Furthermore, fish could be farmed in quantity and the latest botanical introductions could be exhibited and studied. Beautiful, clever in its design and very practical - for a wealthy landowner at least! <br />Regarding teams of gardeners, we’re lucky to have some very good labour saving machinery around these days, it may not be as green as the old manual methods, but it is very effective. I guess overheads for garden staff in Olde England were much less then too!<br />Anybody have any further thoughts in addition to mine and Lucy’s?Gardener Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01994066266126385308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777150988863604611.post-26211766332390964652012-03-31T11:43:36.397+01:002012-03-31T11:43:36.397+01:00This post gives rise to the disconcerting thought ...This post gives rise to the disconcerting thought - if the scenery is brilliant, why have a garden at all beyond the practical bits to walk and sit in?<br /><br />I imagine it would be good to have a gardening staff as large as the big houses used to have?Lucy Corrander Now in Halifax!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.com