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Monet\’s Garden – How to get your own garden theme from the Landscape Masters

Monet\’s garden is autonomous with vividly bright coloured planting, curved bridges and large reflective dams packed with water lilies. almost hap hazzard in design… a true artists garden. He used irises very effctively to create the dramatic bursts of colour. Amazingly they have te same \”painted\” effects in real life. Planted in dramatic rows he …

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Capability Brown – How to get your own garden theme from the Lanscape Masters

Rolling lawns, large trees and water, either transversing your landscape, or in still ponds are the order of the day. Clipped hedges and shrubs add to the order of the \”natural\” landscape. Benches or bird baths should act as focal points. If the area is large enough a stine bridge would compliment the landscape. A …

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Central Park New York – How to get your own garden theme from the Landscape Masters

Famous Gardens of the Master Landscapers, Get your own garden theme from the Landscape Masters / By Catscapes Landscapes

Central Park is famous for its expansive lawns, woodlands, waterfeatures, Gazebos, rose gardens and magnificent trees. Clipped manicured shrubs with wild clumps of trees are the way to go. Should your property be large enough, secret gardens will compliment the setting. It is a \”natural\” managed look. The rose gardens are world famous. A feature, …

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Versailles – How to get your own garden theme from the Landscape Masters

Famous Gardens of the Master Landscapers, Get your own garden theme from the Landscape Masters / By Catscapes Landscapes

There are many distinct landscape themes which make Versailles unique. Using one or two of the techniques in your own garden, will go a long way to creating a garden themed on that of one of the Masters. No matter how big or small the area, a little piece of Versailles theme can be incorporated. …

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Central Park New York – Famous gardens of the Master Landscapers series

Famous Gardens of the Master Landscapers / By Catscapes Landscapes

Central Park is an urban park in Manhattan, New York City. The first part of the park was opened in 1858 and was designed by Frederick Law Olmstead. It is 843 square metres of parkland, hard landscaping and water features. The parks main attractions include the Ramble and Lake, the Hallett Nature Sanctuary, the Jacqueline …

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Capability Brown – Famous gardens of the Master Landscapers series

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Lancelot Brown was born in 1715 and was perhaps England’s greatest gardener. He was commonly known as Capability and was a landscape architect. He designed over 170 parks, most of which are still around today. He was named Capability after he would tell his clients that the property had the “capability” for improvement. His landscapes …

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Monet\’s Garden – Famous gardens of the Master Landscapers series

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Claude Monet lived and painted in Giverny from 1883, where he directed the refurbishment of the villa and garden. He had the nearby Epte river deviated slightly for the gardens, and had seven gardeners maintaining the landscape. Much of his inspiration for his paintings was gained from the garden. Monet lived there for 43 years …

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The Gardens of Versailles – Famous gardens of the Master Landscapers series

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The garden of Versailles occupy part of which was once the Royal Chateau of Versailles. The gardens occupy about 800 hectacres, most of which is landscaped in the French formal garden style perfected by Andre Le Notre. In addition to the meticulous manicured lawns, parterres and sculptures are the famous fountains, which are located throughout …

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Villa D\’Este – Famous gardens of the Master Landscapers series

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The Villa d\’Este is a 16th Century villa found in Tivoli, which is situated near Rome. It processes a beautiful Italian Renaissance garden, which is filled with hundreds of water features and fountains. Cardinal Ippolito II d\’Este commissioned the villa, and construction started in 1560. With the aesthetic principles of the Renaissance, the garden was …

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Robins in the garden

Garden Styles / By Catscapes Landscapes

Nothing beats the sight of little Cape Robin Chats hopping around in your garden. Such cheerful little creatures. As the duck in and out of the garden greenery I always hold my breath willing them to stay a little longer before flitting off. Recently I had noticed the robins more frequently than usually and was …

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