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Tradition and Styles of Landscape Design - Page 4

© Georgene A. Bramlage

William Robinson, along with the partnership of Gertrude Jekyll and architect Edwin Lutyens with their "not-so-grand" late 19th century approaches, have probably influenced more modern gardeners and garden designers than any other writers and practitioners of the garden arts. With the Jekyll-Robinson Tradition we see the epitome of the rustic English-cottage-garden-style and plantings in a naturalistic manner. With all that this era offered to practioners of the garden arts, love of plants and their almost compartmentalized use was the key of the Jekyll-Robinson philosophy.

How does this discussion of formal versus informal affect you, the homeowner or designer of residential landscapes? These explanations and their expansions will hopefully allow you to look closely and define the characterization of your property and your house style. You should begin to think about what kind of a scheme and basic principles might be suitable for your situation. Once you've chosen a scheme, stick to it! No scheme when correctly chosen is ever humdrum, but mixing schemes creates chaos. Remember, that for the most part gardening in the 19th century in gardening was a time of muddle. No matter how small property was, no opportunity for display was lost. In that era, like the present time, there was so much garden material to choose from that excess rather than thoughtful moderation was the rule.

There will be suggestions in a future article about homes and gardens open to the public. It is my wish that readers visit gardens with the intention of appraising and evaluating them in light of what they have learned about residential landscape design and the carrying out of a simple and straightforward master plan.

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