Georgian Town Gardens
Mon 07 Mar
|Widcombe Social Club
The gardening image of the eighteenth century is the Arcadian landscapes of William Kent or 'Capability' Brown. But this was not the whole story. Lecturer James Bolton brings us a look at the care and expense that created the Town Gardens of the 18th Century.
Time & Location
07 Mar 2022, 11:30 – 12:30
Widcombe Social Club, Widcombe Hill, Bath BA2 6AA, UK
About the Event
Lecturer James Bolton
Category Gardens
The gardening image of the eighteenth century is the Arcadian landscapes of William Kent or ‘Capability’ Brown. But this was not the whole story, plants were being imported throughout the century and planted by enthusiasts in the cities, not only London, but also provincial cities such as Bristol and Bath, gardens were being created for the wealthy and for working families. These gardens maintained a very different tradition to their country cousins. With a rapidly increasing population, London spread east, south and most significantly westwards. The fashionable development from the 1620s was the square, with the first being Covent Garden designed for the Earl of Bedford by Inigo Jones, followed in the next century by the great boom in aristocratic development. Gardens in urban spaces were at least as important in Georgian times as they are today, when the pollution in cities, particularly London, was…