Schlosspark Klein-Glienicke, Berlin-Potsdam

Park Glienicke was inspired by the account of garden living in Pliny's garden letters. Since there are no images of Pliny's garden it did not influence the layout. Work began in 1816 with the appointment of Peter Joseph Lenné as the garden designer. He was inspired by English landscape gardens.

In 1822  Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau became involved and invited Humphry Repton's son, John Adey Repton, to Potsdam. Glienicke Palace was designed by the Neoclassical architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel in 1826. The palace garden was based on the Reptonian principle of treating it as the first stage in a transition from art to nature. The area near the palace was planned for social use, like a Reptonian terrace. It was intended to be Beautiful with views to a Picturesque and Sublime background. The garden has circrular flower beds with terracotta edging. Other beds have box edging. There is also a Lion Fountain and a Pliny Bed. A statue of Hera,  now in the British Museum, signified the garden's status as a place of art - from which the 'natural' landscape of Potsdam can be seen. 

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