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Images from our visits (in 2022) to the Garden at Stourhead, Wiltshire, England.
(Shot raw and processed using: DxO PhotoLab Elite/ ViewPoint and Adobe Lightroom Classic/ Photoshop with TK-9 Panels).
You can find out more about the Garden at Stourhead by clicking Here.
Phil and Karen
1. The garden at Stourhead, developed in the early 18th century, includes many classical architectural creations. The Bristol Cross (the oldest known structure in the care of the National Trust) was erected in 1373 in the centre of the medieval city of Bristol. It was moved to Stourhead in 1764.
2. The Palladian Bridge with the Pantheon ('temple sacred to all the gods’) beyond - inspired by the Pantheon in Rome, it is the largest of the garden buildings.
3. The garden was the vision of Henry Hoare II – or 'Henry the Magnificent' – one of a small group of 'gentleman gardeners' who used their large estates (and wealth) to create a personal landscape.
4. It was created by a team of 50 gardeners who planted and tended beech, Spanish chestnut, oak, ash, sycamore and holm oak. When the garden opened in the 1740’s, it was described as ‘a living work of art’.
5. The garden’s creations include a Gothic Cottage, an ‘atmospheric grotto’ (which is quite dark inside so on wet days you can step into a deep, unseen puddle and drench your shoes) and The Temple of Flora - dedicated to the Roman goddess of flowers and spring, it was the first garden building to be added.
6. The Pantheon, The Temple of Apollo, built in honour of Apollo the sun god, which nestles on a hilltop (and is a popular venue for civil ceremonies) and The Palladian Bridge.
(Sources: National Trust, Wikipedia).
(Shot raw and processed using: DxO PhotoLab Elite/ ViewPoint and Adobe Lightroom Classic/ Photoshop with TK-9 Panels).
You can find out more about the Garden at Stourhead by clicking Here.
Phil and Karen
1. The garden at Stourhead, developed in the early 18th century, includes many classical architectural creations. The Bristol Cross (the oldest known structure in the care of the National Trust) was erected in 1373 in the centre of the medieval city of Bristol. It was moved to Stourhead in 1764.
- Canon EOS R5
- RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM
- 24.0 mm
- ƒ/6.3
- 1/500 sec
- ISO 500
2. The Palladian Bridge with the Pantheon ('temple sacred to all the gods’) beyond - inspired by the Pantheon in Rome, it is the largest of the garden buildings.
- Canon EOS R5
- RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM
- 96.0 mm
- ƒ/8
- 1/500 sec
- ISO 320
3. The garden was the vision of Henry Hoare II – or 'Henry the Magnificent' – one of a small group of 'gentleman gardeners' who used their large estates (and wealth) to create a personal landscape.
- Canon EOS R5
- RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM
- 65.0 mm
- ƒ/8
- 1/640 sec
- ISO 500
4. It was created by a team of 50 gardeners who planted and tended beech, Spanish chestnut, oak, ash, sycamore and holm oak. When the garden opened in the 1740’s, it was described as ‘a living work of art’.
- Canon EOS R5
- RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM
- 105.0 mm
- ƒ/8
- 1/800 sec
- ISO 400
5. The garden’s creations include a Gothic Cottage, an ‘atmospheric grotto’ (which is quite dark inside so on wet days you can step into a deep, unseen puddle and drench your shoes) and The Temple of Flora - dedicated to the Roman goddess of flowers and spring, it was the first garden building to be added.
- Canon EOS R5
- RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM
- 105.0 mm
- ƒ/8
- 1/800 sec
- ISO 500
6. The Pantheon, The Temple of Apollo, built in honour of Apollo the sun god, which nestles on a hilltop (and is a popular venue for civil ceremonies) and The Palladian Bridge.
- Canon EOS R5
- RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM
- 81.0 mm
- ƒ/8
- 1/800 sec
- ISO 3200
(Sources: National Trust, Wikipedia).
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