Comments on: Lancelot Brown and Blenheim Palace Garden

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:32:40 +0000

I took one look at Achille Duchesne’s plan of Schloss Nordkirchen garden and thought AMAZING! And immediately wanted to run around the property and explore it…if only I was a child again!

By: Tom Turner

Tom Turner — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:04:13 +0000

Thank you for the comments and, Pete, for the link. I have added a photo to remind Adam of happy days looking at the Palace from the Bridge – and am pleased to have 3 horses and no tourists in the picture!

By: Christine

Christine — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:09:33 +0000

Apparently Frank Lloyd Wright’s mother settled on his career while she was still pregnant!

“In his biography his mother declared, when she was expecting her first child, that he would grow up to build beautiful buildings. She decorated his nursery with engravings of English cathedrals torn from a periodical to encourage the infant’s ambition.” [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright]

It would seem Capability Brown was sixteen when he began work (his landscape gardening career) at Kirkharle Hall.[http://withybrook.blogspot.com/2009/05/capability-brown-and-kirkharle.html][http://www.kirkharlecourtyard.net/explore/capbrown.php] Not sure if the decision to become a gardener and his starting his first job were taken together?

By: Adam Hodge

Adam Hodge — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:04:07 +0000

Nice picture Tom ! I used to work at Blenheim for 5 years many years ago so completely understand your remarks about the enormity of the views. It is good because the proportions are all good, as I see it.
Hope you had time to go over the Bridge and look back to the Palace from increasing distances.

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:52:19 +0000

the problem with wide angles is perspective. its too easy to get something extremely wide but dull.

my own attempt on the bridge……

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oG9pguvp-2c/SioscBZ6wJI/AAAAAAAAXEw/uxJ7YVfaXjo/s1600-h/dsc_8050.jpg