Garden design evolved hugely during the Georgian period - as
symbols of wealth and stature, the landed aristocracy had been
using gardens for decades. Yet during the eighteenth century,
society began to homogenise, and the urban elite also started
demanding landscapes that would reflect their positions. The
gardens of the aristocracy and the gentry were different in
appearance, use and meaning, despite broad similarities in form.
Underlying this was the importance of place, of the landscape
itself and its raw material. Contemporaries often referred to the
need to consult the 'genius of the place' when creating a new
designed landscape, as the place where the garden was located was
critical in determining its appearance. Genius loci - soil type,
topography, water supply - all influenced landscape design in this
period. The approach taken in this book blends landscape and garden
history to make new insights into landscape and design in the
eighteenth century. Spooner's own research presents little-known
sites alongside those which are more well known, and explores the
complexity of the story of landscape design in the Georgian period
which is usually oversimplified and reduced to the story of a few
'great men'.
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