Last Friday my eighteenth century house and garden class took an amazing trip to the estates Stourhead and Montacute. Stourhead is known for some of the most famous gardens of the time period, which was apparent after seeing how incredible the gardens were. In class, we are learning about how the landscape of these estates contributed to ideas about the relationship between man and nature. Through Stourhead, it appears as though the designers wanted to make you feel part of the landscape and it was much less artificial than typical gardens because of the way the gardens forced you to wander through caves and up hills and around waterfalls. My favorite place was the grotto, a spiritual place similar to a cave, that was used as a place for "thinking" and contemplation. It was amazing because there were huge Roman style statues inside the grotto that made you feel pretty connected to a spiritual world. Also, looking out through the cave openings showed the view from across the lake, which was amazing and it showed two grand temples created for an aestetically pleasing garden.
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| A Beautiful Waterfall at Stourhead Gardens |
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| This is wear Pride and Prejudice was filmed! There was a scene with Mr Darcy here where he proposes. |
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| This is inside the grotto and it's a statue of the water god Poseiden. The grotto was really cool and all stone. |
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| This is the most amazing view from the beginning of the garden. The bridge and then the Temple across the way make it so special. It seems like arch a peaceful place, and that's how it felt too. |
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