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    Rousham House in Oxfordshire features a garden designed by William Kent in 1737. Kent used techniques like ha-ha walls and sculptures to create the illusion of a continuous landscape within the garden. He directed views through the use of architectural follies and scattered rustic seats throughout the garden for viewing the river below. After experimenting with fountains, Kent created the spectacular Veil of Venus fountain at Rousham, which shot water over 50 feet in the air.

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    Rousham House in Oxfordshire features a garden designed by William Kent in 1737. Kent used techniques like ha-ha walls and sculptures to create the illusion of a continuous landscape within the garden. He directed views through the use of architectural follies and scattered rustic seats throughout the garden for viewing the river below. After experimenting with fountains, Kent created the spectacular Veil of Venus fountain at Rousham, which shot water over 50 feet in the air.

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    Rousham House in Oxfordshire features a garden designed by William Kent in 1737. Kent used techniques like ha-ha walls and sculptures to create the illusion of a continuous landscape within the garden. He directed views through the use of architectural follies and scattered rustic seats throughout the garden for viewing the river below. After experimenting with fountains, Kent created the spectacular Veil of Venus fountain at Rousham, which shot water over 50 feet in the air.

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    ROUSHAM HOUSE

    • Rousham house in oxfordshire is considered by some as the most


    accomplished and signifi of william kent's work.
    • The patron was general dormer, who commissioned bridgeman to
    begin the garden in 1727 But then brought in kent to recreate it in
    1737
    • He has used a statue of apollo inside the garden, depicting a theatre
    play that how a groove trees draws the eye on the statute .
    • to achieve a paintly effect kent instructed his gardener to use dark
    colours of evergreen tree
    • Other features
    • to create the illusion of unbroken landscape kent has used several
    technique at the garden o rousham house.
    • one of those technique is ha-ha wall
    • a wall that separated garden from grazing land, being invisible
    from a distance cattle could be kept separated without the use of
    hedges or fences
    • At rousham kent extended the views into the distance by designing
    a gothic style alteration to an old mill on the other side of river.
    • High up in the hill he created a large triple arch architectural folly
    called the eye catcher.
    • It was made on purpose to direct the view towards the field above
    the garden.
    • Kent's crafted views are best appreciated from the seat he has
    designed and scattered throughout his Gardens and rustic seat
    provide the view of garden to watch the river flow beneath the
    stone bridge.
    • Kent's garden often announced themselves with spectacular gates,
    entrances, he has put those gates and entrances on the perimeter of
    the land owner holdings in roushams.

    After years of experimenting with cascades and different commissions


    he created the spectacular veil of venus at roushams it had fountain at
    that time which went up as long as 50 feet in air.
    TRENTHAM GARDENS

    • Trentham gardens described as "the garden makeover of the decade",


    the gardens at trentham in the north-west of england have benefitted
    from the expertise and skill of great modern garden designers such as
    tom stuart smith, piet oudolf and nigel dunnett.

    • Incorporating wonderful historic features such as capability brown's


    lake and sir charles barry's parterre, the new design features innovative
    and contemporary planting which is setting the trend for the next
    generation of gardens
    characteristics of an English garden

    1. Lake - There was always a lake in the English gardens, most


    were man-made but all appeared to be natural forming basins.
    Their edges were meandering and irregular and often had
    pathways weaving through the trees and close to the water’s
    edge.
    2. Tree groves - were spread throughout the landscape with paths
    that allowed the gardens users to wander in and out of the groves
    and provide a view of rolling lawns against mass tree plantings.
    3. Sculpture - Was entirely different than previous garden art. Part
    of the English landscape ideals was to provide views from a
    distance of classic detailed architecture and ruins.
    4. Ha ha -was a type of wall used to prevent animals from entering
    too close to the house without obstructing the view of the
    countryside.
    5. Grottos - were used as romantic hide outs. They were manmade
    but build to resemble a dark natural forming cave.

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