tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067804781629732627.post7591814735307863192..comments2024-02-26T02:41:19.933-08:00Comments on The Gardener's Eye: On Drawing GardensAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771120380247636617noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067804781629732627.post-39251094572931927922011-02-02T08:28:09.350-08:002011-02-02T08:28:09.350-08:00Kjeld,
Thanks for your comment. I may be going to ...Kjeld,<br />Thanks for your comment. I may be going to England in May this year and visiting Barnsley House and Sissinghurst. It will be fun to view them with a critical eye for myself.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14771120380247636617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067804781629732627.post-26122952392536689522011-02-02T08:10:52.747-08:002011-02-02T08:10:52.747-08:00Dear Michael
I think that Sissinghurst is a garden...Dear Michael<br />I think that Sissinghurst is a garden that can cope the rooms and in a scale that fits the area. In Rose mary vereys garden the rooms are too small and one miss the pauses. In my opinion she´s not a colour-person in gardens all thoug she was a colourfull person.<br />It´s a joy to read your thaughts.<br /><br />Kindly regards KjeldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067804781629732627.post-89829513192584653782010-03-16T18:16:23.075-07:002010-03-16T18:16:23.075-07:00Edith,
Thanks for your interesting observations. I...Edith,<br />Thanks for your interesting observations. I noticed, in maps drawn of Barnsley House, that parts of the garden weren't aligned. Sissinghurst also has many of odd angles to it. However, for me, it did have a feeling of cohesion. I wonder how they managed to make that happen at Sissinghurst and why you didn't feel it at Barnsley House. I find what makes a garden successful an endlessly facinating topic. Thanks very much.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14771120380247636617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067804781629732627.post-22488026557679218392010-03-16T08:08:57.020-07:002010-03-16T08:08:57.020-07:00Dear Michael, Thank you for your reply. For me the...Dear Michael, Thank you for your reply. For me the main problem of the design of Barnsley House garden was its lack of cohesion. The sum of the parts, undeniably very attractive individually, did not make for a satisfying whole. Furthermore, the Classical Temple did not quite align on the Laburnam Walk which, in iself, was at a very odd angle to the boundary wall. The knot garden, beautifully designed and planted, lacked an anchor so it appeared to be about to drift off onto the main lawn. Her perennial borders were totally dreamy and gave a quintessentially 'English' look but were punctuated with at times very odd topiary specimens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067804781629732627.post-8781316941243742132010-03-14T14:34:46.567-07:002010-03-14T14:34:46.567-07:00Edith,
Thanks, as always, for your comments. I had...Edith,<br />Thanks, as always, for your comments. I had the opprtunity to hear Rosemary Verey speak at the Glebe House(a Gertrude Jekyll designed garden)in CT in 1999. She was an inspirational speaker. Unfortunately, I never visited Barnsley House. I am curious to know what you found flawed with her design.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14771120380247636617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067804781629732627.post-89655899473171006872010-03-14T10:35:31.216-07:002010-03-14T10:35:31.216-07:00Dear Michael, I do feel that there is a great deal...Dear Michael, I do feel that there is a great deal of sense in what you say here. I am sure that interacting with a garden through a drawing of one's own gives much more a feeling of the sense of a place, and how the separate elements combine to make a whole, than a series of photographs.<br /><br />I visited Rosemary Verey's garden many times and have a large collection of her books. She was indeed a practical gardener and designer although for me the design of the garden of Barnsley House, excluding the potager, was always somewhat flawed. I wonder if you knew it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com