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Having lasted for 4,000 years, the use of nature's materials to express ideas about nature may be expected to continue. The best garden designs are produced with an awareness of the art, science, history, geography, philosophy, social habits and construction techniques of their period.
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― Garden History: Philosophy and Design 2000 BC – 2000 AD
― Garden History: Philosophy and Design 2000 BC – 2000 AD
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Humphry Repton, the leading garden theorist of the nineteenth century, defined a garden as 'a piece of ground fenced off from cattle, and appropriated to the use and pleasure or man: it is, or ought to be, cultivated and enriched by art'.
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― British Gardens: History, philosophy and design
― British Gardens: History, philosophy and design
Talk about garden design, garden history, landscape design and landscape architecture.
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