1. Charles Bridgeman was an English garden designer who helped pioneer the naturalistic landscape style.
10 Facts About Charles Bridgeman
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Charles Bridgeman was born in 1690 and raised in modest circumstances.
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Charles Bridgeman's father was a gardener who is reported to have worked at Wimpole Hall in Cambridgeshire for the Earl of Oxford.
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The younger Charles Bridgeman entered the landscaping profession by working for the Brompton Park Nursery.
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An early proponent of a less-structured garden design, Charles Bridgeman was a pioneer in the landscape style that spread throughout much of Europe in the 18th century and came to be known as the jardin anglais.
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Charles Bridgeman's landscapes displayed formal elements such as parterres, avenues, geometrically shaped lakes and pools, and kitchen gardens.
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Charles Bridgeman made a name for himself among the artisans of the day with his often dramatic redesigns of the estate gardens belonging to wealthy English nobles.
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Charles Bridgeman participated in the design of a garden at Rousham House in Oxfordshire that included cascades, fountains, square pools, an outdoor theatre, and a wilderness area that could be viewed from a vantage point within the main garden.
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However, Charles Bridgeman perhaps remains best known for his tenure as Royal Gardener for Queen Anne and Prince George of Denmark.
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Charles Bridgeman was promoted to this position, which he held for ten years, upon the retirement of his mentor, Henry Wise.