Wilderness (garden history), the Glossary

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1. 80 relations: A Dictionary of the English Language, A Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain, Anne, Queen of Great Britain, Arthur Middleton (1681–1737), Aviary, Batty Langley, Bible, Blickling Hall, Bosquet, Bowling green, British North America, Buxus, Castle Howard, Charles II of England, Charles Quest-Ritson, Charleston, South Carolina, Chawton House, Chiswick House, Coppicing, Daniel Defoe, David Jacques, Deciduous, Edith Wharton, English landscape garden, French formal garden, Garden room, Gardens of Versailles, Geoffrey Jellicoe, George London (landscape architect), George Washington, Gloucestershire, Gravel, Ham House, Hampshire, Hampton Court Palace, Hedge maze, Henrietta Maria of France, Henry VIII, Historic Royal Palaces, History of gardening, Holly, Holy Land, Hornbeam, Jan Kip, Jane Austen, Jane Austen's House Museum, Jenny Uglow, John Dixon Hunt, John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley, John Penn (governor), ... Expand index (30 more) »

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A Dictionary of the English Language

A Dictionary of the English Language, sometimes published as Johnson's Dictionary, was published on 15 April 1755 and written by Samuel Johnson.

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A Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain

A Tour Thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain is an account of his travels by English author Daniel Defoe, first published in three volumes between 1724 and 1727.

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Anne, Queen of Great Britain

Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702, and Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union 1707 merging the kingdoms of Scotland and England, until her death.

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Arthur Middleton (1681–1737)

Arthur Middleton (October 29, 1681 – September 17, 1737) was a South Carolina planter and Acting Governor of the Province of South Carolina from May 7, 1725, to December 1730.

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Aviary

An aviary is a large enclosure for confining birds, although bats may also be considered for display.

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Batty Langley

Batty Langley (baptised 14 September 1696 – 3 March 1751) was an English garden designer, and prolific writer who produced a number of engraved designs for "Gothick" structures, summerhouses and garden seats in the years before the mid-18th century.

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Bible

The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία,, 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures, some, all, or a variant of which are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baha'i Faith, and other Abrahamic religions.

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Blickling Hall

Blickling Hall is a Jacobean stately home situated in 5,000 acres of parkland in a loop of the River Bure, near the village of Blickling north of Aylsham in Norfolk, England.

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Bosquet

In the French formal garden, a bosquet (French, from Italian bosco, "grove, wood") is a formal plantation of trees in a wide variety of forms, some open at the bottom and others not. Wilderness (garden history) and bosquet are garden features and Types of garden.

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Bowling green

A bowling green is a finely laid, close-mown and rolled stretch of turf for playing the game of bowls.

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British North America

British North America comprised the colonial territories of the British Empire in North America from 1783 onwards.

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Buxus

Buxus is a genus of about seventy species in the family Buxaceae.

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Castle Howard

Castle Howard is a stately home in North Yorkshire, England, within the civil parish of Henderskelfe, located north of York.

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Charles II of England

Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.

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Charles Quest-Ritson

Charles Quest-Ritson (born 1947) is an English horticulturalist and garden writer.

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Charleston, South Carolina

Charleston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston metropolitan area.

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Chawton House

Chawton House is a Grade II* listed manor house in Hampshire on the South side of Chawton village, and the present building was started in 1580.

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Chiswick House

Chiswick House is a Neo-Palladian style villa in the Chiswick district of London, England.

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Coppicing

Coppicing is the traditional method in woodland management of cutting down a tree to a stump, which in many species encourages new shoots to grow from the stump or roots, thus ultimately regrowing the tree.

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Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe (born Daniel Foe; 1660 – 24 April 1731) was an English novelist, journalist, merchant, pamphleteer and spy.

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David Jacques

David Lawson Jacques PhD is a British garden historian.

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Deciduous

In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, after flowering; and to the shedding of ripe fruit.

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Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton (born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American writer and designer.

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English landscape garden

The English landscape garden, also called English landscape park or simply the English garden (Jardin à l'anglaise, Giardino all'inglese, Englischer Landschaftsgarten, Jardim inglês, Jardín inglés), is a style of "landscape" garden which emerged in England in the early 18th century, and spread across Europe, replacing the more formal, symmetrical French formal garden which had emerged in the 17th century as the principal gardening style of Europe. Wilderness (garden history) and English landscape garden are garden design history of England.

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French formal garden

The French formal garden, also called the garden in the French manner, is a style of "landscape" garden based on symmetry and the principle of imposing order on nature.

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Garden room

In gardening, a garden room is a secluded and partly enclosed space within a garden that creates a room-like effect. Wilderness (garden history) and garden room are garden features.

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Gardens of Versailles

The Gardens of Versailles (Jardins du château de Versailles) occupy part of what was once the Domaine royal de Versailles, the royal demesne of the château of Versailles.

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Geoffrey Jellicoe

Sir Geoffrey Allan Jellicoe (8 October 1900 – 17 July 1996) was an English architect, town planner, landscape architect, garden designer, landscape and garden historian, lecturer and author.

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George London (landscape architect)

George London (c. 1640–1714) was an English nurseryman and garden designer.

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George Washington

George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.

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Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire (abbreviated Glos.) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Gravel

Gravel is a loose aggregation of rock fragments.

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Ham House

Ham House is a 17th-century house set in formal gardens on the bank of the River Thames in Ham, south of Richmond in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

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Hampshire

Hampshire (abbreviated to Hants.) is a ceremonial county in South East England.

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Hampton Court Palace

Hampton Court Palace is a Grade I listed royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, southwest and upstream of central London on the River Thames.

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Hedge maze

A hedge maze is an outdoor garden maze or labyrinth in which the "walls" or dividers between passages are made of vertical hedges. Wilderness (garden history) and hedge maze are garden features.

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Henrietta Maria of France

Henrietta Maria of France (French: Henriette Marie; 25 November 1609 – 10 September 1669) was Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from her marriage to King Charles I on 13 June 1625 until Charles was executed on 30 January 1649.

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Henry VIII

Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547.

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Historic Royal Palaces

Historic Royal Palaces is an independent charity that manages six of the United Kingdom's royal palaces, five in London and one in Northern Ireland.

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History of gardening

The early history of gardening is largely entangled with the history of agriculture, with gardens that were mainly ornamental generally the preserve of the elite until quite recent times.

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Holly

Ilex or holly is a genus of over 570 species of flowering plants in the family Aquifoliaceae, and the only living genus in that family.

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Holy Land

The Holy Land is an area roughly located between the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern bank of the Jordan River, traditionally synonymous both with the biblical Land of Israel and with the region of Palestine.

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Hornbeam

Hornbeams are hardwood trees in the plant genus Carpinus in the family Betulaceae.

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Jan Kip

Johannes "Jan" Kip (1652/53 in Amsterdam – 1722 in Westminster) was a Dutch draftsman, engraver and print dealer.

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Jane Austen

Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century.

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Jane Austen's House Museum

Jane Austen's House Museum is a small independent museum in the village of Chawton near Alton in Hampshire.

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Jenny Uglow

Jennifer Sheila Uglow ((accessed 5 February 2008). (accessed 19 August 2022). born 1947) is an English biographer, historian, critic and publisher.

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John Dixon Hunt

John Dixon Hunt (born 18 January 1936 in Gloucester) is an English landscape historian whose academic career began with teaching English literature.

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John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley

John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley, KB (c. 1533 – 1609) was an English aristocrat, who is remembered as one of the greatest collectors of art and books of his age.

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John Penn (governor)

John Penn (14 July 1729 – 9 February 1795) was an English-born colonial administrator who served as the last governor of colonial Pennsylvania, serving in that office from 1763 to 1771 and from 1773 to 1776.

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John Wycliffe

John Wycliffe (also spelled Wyclif, Wickliffe, and other variants; 1328 – 31 December 1384) was an English scholastic philosopher, Christian reformer, Catholic priest, and a theology professor at the University of Oxford.

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King James Version

on the title-page of the first edition and in the entries in works like the "Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church", etc.--> The King James Version (KJV), also the King James Bible (KJB) and the Authorized Version (AV), is an Early Modern English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, which was commissioned in 1604 and published in 1611, by sponsorship of King James VI and I.

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Kitchen garden

The traditional kitchen garden, vegetable garden, also known as a potager (from the French jardin potager) or in Scotland a kailyaird, is a space separate from the rest of the residential garden – the ornamental plants and lawn areas. Wilderness (garden history) and kitchen garden are garden features and Types of garden.

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Mansfield Park

Mansfield Park is the third published novel by the English author Jane Austen, first published in 1814 by Thomas Egerton.

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Mavis Batey

Mavis Lilian Batey, MBE (née Lever; 5 May 1921 – 12 November 2013), was a British code-breaker during World War II.

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Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon is the former residence and plantation of George Washington, a Founding Father, commander of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War, and the first president of the United States, and his wife, Martha.

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Nonsuch Palace

Nonsuch Palace was a Tudor royal palace, commissioned by Henry VIII in Surrey, England, and on which work began in 1538.

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Orangery

An orangery or orangerie is a room or dedicated building, historically where orange and other fruit trees are protected during the winter, as a large form of greenhouse or conservatory. Wilderness (garden history) and orangery are Types of garden.

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Parterre

A parterre is a part of a formal garden constructed on a level substrate, consisting of symmetrical patterns, made up by plant beds, plats, low hedges or coloured gravels, which are separated and connected by paths. Wilderness (garden history) and parterre are garden features and Types of garden.

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Philip Miller

Philip Miller FRS (1691 – 18 December 1771) was an English botanist and gardener of Scottish descent.

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Pleasure garden

A pleasure garden is a park or garden that is open to the public for recreation and entertainment. Wilderness (garden history) and pleasure garden are Types of garden.

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Rendcomb College

Rendcomb College is a public school (English private boarding and day school) for pupils aged 3–18, located in the village of Rendcomb five miles north of Cirencester in Gloucestershire, England.

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Richard Bradley (botanist)

Richard Bradley FRS (1688 – 5 November 1732) was an English naturalist specialising in botany.

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Roderick Nash

Roderick Frazier Nash is a professor emeritus of history and environmental studies at the University of California Santa Barbara.

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Romanticism

Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century.

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Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson (– 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer.

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Samuel Richardson

Samuel Richardson (baptised 19 August 1689 – 4 July 1761) was an English writer and printer known for three epistolary novels: Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded (1740), Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady (1748) and The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1753).

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Shrub

A shrub or bush is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant.

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Shrubbery

A shrubbery, shrub border or shrub garden is a part of a garden where shrubs, mostly flowering species, are thickly planted.

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South Carolina

South Carolina is a state in the coastal Southeastern region of the United States.

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St Paul's Walden Bury

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Stephen Switzer

Stephen Switzer (1682–1745) was an English gardener, garden designer and writer on garden subjects, often credited as an early exponent of the English landscape garden.

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Susan Jellicoe

Lady Susan Jellicoe (Pares; 30 June 1907 – 1 August 1986) was an English plantswoman, photographer, writer, and editor who worked in collaboration with her husband, the landscape architect Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe.

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Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, planter, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.

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Union Jack

The Union Jack or Union Flag is the de facto national flag of the United Kingdom.

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Vauxhall Gardens

Vauxhall Gardens is a public park in Kennington in the London Borough of Lambeth, England, on the south bank of the River Thames.

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Walled garden

A walled garden is a garden enclosed by high walls, especially when this is done for horticultural rather than security purposes, although originally all gardens may have been enclosed for protection from animal or human intruders. Wilderness (garden history) and walled garden are Types of garden.

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Wimbledon Manor House

Wimbledon manor house; the residence of the lord of the manor, was an English country house at Wimbledon, Surrey, now part of Greater London.

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Woodland garden

A woodland garden is a garden or section of a garden that includes large trees and is laid out so as to appear as more or less natural woodland, though it is often actually an artificial creation. Wilderness (garden history) and woodland garden are Types of garden.

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Yew

Yew is a common name given to various species of trees.

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See also

Garden design history of England

• Anglo-Japanese style
• English landscape garden
• Ferme ornée
• Gardens in England
• Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England
• Shakespeare garden
• Sharawadgi
• Shell Grotto, Margate
• The Gardens Trust
• Thomas Robins the Elder
• Wilderness (garden history)

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilderness_(garden_history)

Also known as Garden wilderness, Wilderness garden.

, John Wycliffe, King James Version, Kitchen garden, Mansfield Park, Mavis Batey, Mount Vernon, Nonsuch Palace, Orangery, Parterre, Philip Miller, Pleasure garden, Rendcomb College, Richard Bradley (botanist), Roderick Nash, Romanticism, Samuel Johnson, Samuel Richardson, Shrub, Shrubbery, South Carolina, St Paul's Walden Bury, Stephen Switzer, Susan Jellicoe, Thomas Jefferson, Union Jack, Vauxhall Gardens, Walled garden, Wimbledon Manor House, Woodland garden, Yew.