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Georgian Gardens
At the start of the Georgian period, many gardens was fully transformed into open parkland, like Bleinheim Palace, Oxfordshire and Longleat in Wiltshire. It was during this period that people would take up garden-visiting, the past-time of visiting gardens. This may be where the picnic comes from.
The English Landscape Movement started in 1750. It advocated the use of open parkland to be used as wild gardens, as a mirror of the ruins of ancient times in Greece and Rome.
Gardener Capability Brown was the driving force behind this "return to nature" style. He belived that a garden should be smooth, roilling and "free". The straight paths of the Medieval and Tudors disappeared to make way for curved paths to emphasise the open spaces in the garden.
The man-made canals were joined up with bridges to give the impression of everlasting beauty throughout all seasons. Beech and oak were also widely used to allow the scenery to bend into the garden, and almost dissolve the boundaries.
From 1780, the Picturesque Movement was started by Richard Payne Knight and Uvedale Price. This was the Italian theme whereby you would create a garden picturesque enoguh for a landscape painting.
As well in chages to garden style, the whole ardening world was changed. The Royal Horticultural Society (before known as Horticultural Society) was formed in 1804.
In the 1830's, Edwin Budding invented possibly ne of the most important gardening tools today: the lawnmower. Before the lawnmower, the lawn would be cut with a scythe. This led to a particularly jagged finish, but the lawnmower allowed the stripes Wimbledon's so proud of on their lawn.
Lawn Mowers - Hover Mowers - Chain Saws - Cultivators - Lawn Rollers - Electric Garden Shredders - Garden Strimmers - Garden Hoovers - Petrol Hedge Cutters - Backpack Sprayers - Gritters - Scarifiers - Gas Patio Heaters - Barbecues - Green House Heaters - Kawasaki Hedgecutters - Hayter Lawn Mowers - Ride on Lawn Mowers.