Gardens Features

The garden at the Chiswick House is the perfect example of the Georgian style's love of antiquity and art. There are various statues reflecting different cultures. For example, there is one statue of a female Phynx that is placed inside of the garden. This reflects Egyptian culture and art. There are also many statues of men who appear to be historical figures, placing an emphasis on history, art, and education even as decorations in their social environments.

The Hestercombe Gardens are an example of the typical gardening style in Georgian gardens. This style utilized pathways, plants, ornamental aspects, and geometric shapes to combine the aesthetic values with the natural environment.

The Quarry Garden at Belsay Castle incorporates the artificial with the natural to create an environment that is meant to be reflected upon. With uses of natural stone walls and manmade stone archways, the plants overgrown onto these structures, mending them all together.

The Studley Royal Water Garden uses a key aspect of serpantine lakes to add more geometric shapes and symmetry into the landscape. It utilizes ones movement to create a place to reflect upon one's own thoughts.

The ha-ha is a vital feature in Georgian gardens. It not only keeps the animals away, but it marks the separation between the man made and the natural. It keeps a distinct difference between the glamorous home, social environment, and garden, away from the more mundane working environment. It continues to blend the artificial among nature

Grottoes were used mainly to be an area of social engagement within the garden. It uses aspects of what represents nature to have enduring social interactions. It also utilizes the natural elements to effect the movement and sight of the viewer, capturing their attention and leading them to a quiet reflection.

Bridges are large structures within the Georgian style of gardens that were inately decorated, making them just as beautiful and intentional as every other aspect of the garden. Bridges like the one in Prior Park uses tall columns and intricately decorated stone to add history and class to every aspect of the garden.

Temples were not used in Georgian gardens for any religious purposes. It was more so a place where one could go and reflect on their thoughts in a quiet contemplation. The Temple of Ancient Virtue takes the historical and art aspects into account, leading one not only to reflect on their life, but also the lives of others

The Gothic Temple at Stowe follows in the same use of self-reflection as the Temple of Ancient Virtue, as well as other typical temples in Georgian gardens. The only difference is that this building is much larger, incorporating multiple rooms to interact within. It gives one an idea that sometimes these reflections were also places to getaway.

Conservatories are buildings added into the Georgian style to reflect more beauty and aesthetic ideals into the gardens. Ones like the Nash Conservatory are used for social gatherings.