Welcome back to the unfolding story of the follies. So far, we have covered the making of the Green Folly, the Chinese Pavilion, the Ottoman Tent, and the Neoclassical Folly with three more to highlight. This week, we are featuring the Gothic Tower. Towers are something that have appeared in our imaginations since childhood, featuring […]
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5 weeks to go: Folly Frenzy countdown featuring the Neoclassical Folly
Posted in Garden, Garden Programs, tagged #gardenfolly, Currey and Comapny, Haddonstone, Hestercombe, meadow, Neoclassical Folly, Painswick, Stowe, Tower Hill Botanic Garden on March 2, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
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, […]
Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
Posted in Garden, tagged Adam Jenkins Conservation, Chinese House, Chinese Parlor, Chinese Pavilion, Chinese Wallpaper, Elk Creek Cabinetry, follies, Follies exhibition, Hippocampus, Port Royal Entrance, Stowe on February 15, 2018 | 7 Comments »
Week 7 of the Folly Frenzy Countdown! Featuring: the Chinese Pavilion. I am very fortunate to have been able to do some folly reconnaissance in England two summers ago. It was a whirlwind tour of 18 gardens in 16 days and it was pure heaven! All but 2 of the gardens featured at least one […]
A New Way to View the Garden
Posted in Enchanted Woods, Events, Garden, Garden Programs, tagged 1750 House, Brick Lookout, Chinese Pagoda, Enchanted Woods, Follies exhibition, Garden, Latimeria Summerhouse, Mushroom Seat, Painshill, Peony garden, Stourhead, Stowe, Sycamore Hill, Winterthur Garden on August 22, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
Something is brewing in the Winterthur Garden as is evident by a strange mirrored structure at the edge of the Pinetum. Follies. This may not be a word used much in the American lexicon but you probably know the concept. The following definition about sums it up: Architecture. A whimsical or extravagant structure built to […]