Staffordshire

Biddulph Grange Garden » <p>Biddulph Grange Garden, designed by James Bateman and Edward William Cooke. It has a Picturesque plan with a transition from 'art' to 'nature'. But it also has Gardenesque Planting, an Italian Garden, an Egyptian Garden, a Chinese Garden, a Himalayan Glen, a Pinetum, an Arboretum, a Cherry Orchard, a Wellingtonia Avenue, a Stumpery, A Cheshire Cottage, a Dahlia Walk and, most importantly, a Geological Gallery. It was designed to explain Bateman's view of how theology could be reconciled with geology. So: what is Biddulph Grange's design style? One could make a case for Picturesque or Gardenesque. Victorian, Eclectic, and Historicist are also possibilities. But I find Edward Kemp's name the..... Read more on Biddulph Grange Garden

Alton Towers Garden » <p>An early example of the Mixed Style, Alton Towers became a popular Theme Park in the twentieth century.&nbsp; The garden was begun by the eccentric 15th Earl of Shrewsbury.&nbsp; J.C. Loudon relates that he consulted every artist, only to avoid 'whatever an artist might recommend'.&nbsp; Yet Repton may have been one of the artists and Alton Towers grew under the Reptonian principle that collecting design styles in a garden is no more absurd than collecting diverse pictures in a gallery or books in a library.&nbsp; There is a Swiss Cottage, a Stonehenge, a Dutch garden, a Pagoda Fountain, based on the To Ho pagoda in Canton, a Choragic Monument copied from Athens and many other features.&nb..... Read more on Alton Towers Garden

Trentham Gardens » A serpentine park, designed by Lancelot Brown in 1759, with a nineteenth century terrace garden. The house has been demolished and the Trentham Gardens is now a public park. Sir Charles Barry designed an Italian garden beside the lake in 1840. His design has been simplified, but survives. In 2004 the gardens were restored and re-opened under the name Trentham Leisure. Read more on Trentham Gardens