The eighteenth-century view of the garden was that it should lead the observer to the enjoyment of the aesthetic sentiments of regularity and order, proportion, colour and utility, and, furthermore, be capable of arousing feelings of grandeur, gaiety, sadness, wildness, domesticity, surprise and secrecy.
The ideal garden is one in which a collection of trees, shrubs and plants have been procured and allotted to the best space available and are so arra… - Penelope Hobhouse
The ideal garden is one in which a collection of trees, shrubs and plants have been procured and allotted to the best space available and are so arra…
- Penelope Hobhouse
A garden is to be enjoyed, and should satisfy the mind and not only the eye of the beholder. Sounds such as the rustle of bamboo and the dripping of … - Penelope Hobhouse
A garden is to be enjoyed, and should satisfy the mind and not only the eye of the beholder. Sounds such as the rustle of bamboo and the dripping of …
The eighteenth-century view of the garden was that it should lead the observer to the enjoyment of the aesthetic sentiments of regularity and order, … - Penelope Hobhouse
The eighteenth-century view of the garden was that it should lead the observer to the enjoyment of the aesthetic sentiments of regularity and order, …
Gardens are the result of a collaboration between art and nature. - Penelope Hobhouse
Gardens are the result of a collaboration between art and nature.
Even the most irresistible flowering plant, one that I call a 'key' performer, is part of a whole cast; it has to be considered as a component in an … - Penelope Hobhouse
Even the most irresistible flowering plant, one that I call a 'key' performer, is part of a whole cast; it has to be considered as a component in an …
The first western gardens were those in the Mediterranean basin. There in the desert areas stretching from North Africa to the valleys of the Euphrat… - Penelope Hobhouse
The first western gardens were those in the Mediterranean basin. There in the desert areas stretching from North Africa to the valleys of the Euphrat…
Nature soon takes over if the gardener is absent. - Penelope Hobhouse
Nature soon takes over if the gardener is absent.
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