The English Garden

***UNDER CONSTRUCTION***
I. What is an English garden ?

II. Characteristics of the English Garden

1. General characteristics

2. Climate

3. Why do we have such a variety of plant species?

III. Garden Styles

IV.History

1. William Kent and Charles Bridgeman

IV. Allotments

V. Do we still love gardening?

I. What is an “English garden”?

The English garden, also called English landscape park (Englischer Landschaftsgarten in German) is a style of landscape garden which appeared in England in the early 18th century and which is known to be the opposite of the French garden (jardin à la française) of the 17th century. It spread across Europe and replaced the French Garden as the principal gardening style of the continent. One of the best-known English gardens in Europe is the Englischer Garten in Munich.

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II. What are its characteristics ?

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III. Garden Styles

Here are the names of the different styles of gardens :
 * Roman Britain: formal, low hedges
 * Medieval: small enclosed, with turf seats and mounds
 * Tudor: knot gardens, enclosed in hedges or walls
 * Stuart: formal Italianate and French styles
 * Georgian: informal, landscaped, open parkland
 * Victorian: bedding plants, colourful, public gardens
 * 20th C: mixed styles, herbaceous borders