One does not have to travel to Europe to see classically designed structures. Our cities and particularly our nation’s capital, are rife with this style and it is one that lends itself well to the landscape. There is a romance in how the clean lines of this form of architecture blends with a garden setting, […]
Posts Tagged ‘Hestercombe’
5 weeks to go: Folly Frenzy countdown featuring the Neoclassical Folly
Posted in Garden, tagged #gardenfolly, Currey and Comapny, Haddonstone, Hestercombe, meadow, Neoclassical Folly, Painswick, Stowe, Tower Hill Botanic Garden on March 2, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
The Making of a Folly: The Ottoman Tent
Posted in Garden, tagged follies, Follies exhibition, follies garden follies, Hestercombe, Ottoman Tent, Painshill, Raj Tents, tent on February 22, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
If you Google “garden follies”, you are treated to some great images from around the world. Often these follies are inspired by classical architecture, sometimes they are whimsical, but rarely seen is a tent folly. Perhaps because a tent by nature is ephemeral. Many of the tent follies that are in gardens are much more […]