Funky garden design inspiration

Trebah Garden, nr Falmouth, Cornwall.

05/21/2012 08:48:00

Trebah Garden

RHS Rosemoor, Great Torrrington, Devon

05/21/2012 08:14:00

Kew Gardens - Garden Design Inspiration

03/26/2012 09:07:00

Kew Gardens - Magnolia display (March 2012)

Palm House - Kew Gardens

Rodo dell

Binko House

Sackler Crossing bridge

Treetop Walk

Jardin Marjorelle, Marrakech, Morocco

02/19/2012 18:39:00

Funky Design Visit to Jardin Marjorelle, Marrakech, Morocco. January 2012.

Jacques Majorelle, born in 1886 in Nancy (France). In 1919 he settled in Marrakech to continue his career as a painter, he acquired land on which to build a home and set about the task of creating a garden for relaxation and inspiration. He opened the garden to the public in 1947. Following a car accident, he returned to france, where he died in 1962. in 1980 Pierre Bergé and Yves Saint Laurent repurchased the garden and restored it.

Rousham House Gardens

02/19/2012 18:38:00

Funky design team visit Rousham House & Gardens

The gardens at Rousham Park are unique. They are the only gardens designed by William Kent that remain - nearly three hundred years later - much as he planned them. Kent also contributed to the gardens at Stowe, Chiswick, Claremont, Badminton, and Chatsworth. It is only at Rousham that he conceived the whole garden. We are lucky. In 1760, Walpole described Rousham as "the most engaging of all Kent’s works".

William Kent (1684 - 1748) was among the most influential artists of his time. A painter in his early life in England and Italy, he later worked as an architect, a designer of interior decoration, furniture and theatre sets, and as a literary illustrator. Late in life - from around the age of 40 he designed only a dozen or so gardens.

At Rousham, Kent was asked to redesign gardens already formed by others, including Bridgeman and, possibly, Pope. Bridgeman's designs were mainly formal and largely symmetrical, but they did reflect something of the contemporary trend to greater informality and "naturalness". In 1737 General Dormer invited Kent to Rousham to work on the design of the house and its 25 acre garden - a modest size compared with Stowe and with an unusually steep slope to the River Cherwell and pastoral and rural views.

Les Jardins Exotiques, Sale, Rabat, Morocco

02/19/2012 18:37:00

Funky garden visit, Les Jardins Exotiques, Sale, Rabat, Morocco

Jardin Nouzhat Hassan, Rabat, Morocco

02/19/2012 18:05:00

Funky garden visit, Jardin Nouzhat Hassan, Rabat, Morocco.

Kasbah, Rabat, Morocco

02/19/2012 17:56:00

Funky visit, Kasbah, Rabat, Morocco

Bahia Palace, Marrakech, Morocco

02/19/2012 17:39:00

Funky garden visit, Bahia Palace, Marrakech, Morocco.

Cyber Parc, Marrakech, Morocco

02/19/2012 17:30:00

Funky garden visit, Cyber Parc, Marrakech, Morocco.