Talk:Wrest Park

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Highway Code?[edit]

This park is used in the Highway Code representing "ancient monument in the care of English Heritage; this is used generically in all DFT publications for this sign.

I removed the above section because it did not make sense to me and after investigating discovered the the author is now blocked. MortimerCat 15:07, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Errors in this article?[edit]

London and Wise didn’t have a design influence on this garden other than one of them being the father-in-law of the Thomas Acres (who designed part of the garden's early structure) and the other advising on what fruit trees to grow.

Surely, if these two facts are included in the article, any "influence" can be omitted. --Wetman 20:42, 3 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There is also a problem with the image stating that the parterres remain from the 18th C. garden, as they are now where the Croquet area stands. The parterres now by the 19th C. house date from the 19th C. themselves. These parterres are not the park’s centrepiece which has always been the Grand Canal.

On-site knowledge, supplemented by the engraved perspective view and Rocque's map, will certainly improve the article. --Wetman 20:42, 3 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There is a general misunderstanding of what a parterre and an allée is, and that Capability Brown added the canals and wooded enclosures. All he did was to ‘soften’ the edges of the existing canals around the edge of the garden. The wooded enclosures predate Brown's work at Wrest.

The state of the gardens shortly before Brown worked at Wrest can be assessed from a close reading of Rocque's map. Does anyone really mistake a parterre for an allée? --Wetman 20:42, 3 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Any discussion on these points would be appreciated before I edit the main text.

Gartenmeister 18:21, 3 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rearrangement of article[edit]

I've moved this article from Wrest Park Gardens and substantially rearranged it, given that I couldn't see a reason why it focussed solely on the gardens when the house is just as notable (being Grade I listed). If anyone spots any errors I've made, please fix. Cheers, DWaterson 19:32, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]