English influence was predominant, as exemplified by Williamsburg Horticultural explorers introduced plants from South America, Africa and thOrient by Commercial nurseries become well-established A Colonial Garden in Williamsburg, Virginia -arrangements are formal, controlled, and highly structured -simple topiaries and clipped hedges -extensive use of bulbs, exotic plants, and ornamental flowers At right: The gardens at the Governor's Mansion in Williamsburg, VA. Thomas Jefferson No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, andno culture comparable to that of the garden. I am still devoted tothe garden. But though an old man, I am but a young gardener.-1743 - 1826 -Developed landscape gardening as a fine art in the US -Such gardening was influenced by European traditions, but was independentenough to set its own course -Monticello, his estate in Virginia, is a premier example of the new Americanuse of the landscape -Demonstrated how 'a nation of farmers could live in a setting uniting utilityand profit (growing crops & livestock) with beauty and pleasure (ornamentalgardens)' -See an excellent site on from the University of Virginia.Andrew Jackson Downing -1815 - 1852 -Best known for 'Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening' -Editor of the popular magazine The Horticulturist -Created American landscape gardening and influenced country life in everyaspect -Stood for 'the simple, natural, and permanent as opposed to the complex,artificial, and emphemeral' -'Greatest single figure in the history of American horticulture.' (arguably) shapeType20lineWidth22225lineColor13948116fShadow1shadowOffsetX0shadowOffsetY-12700shadowOriginY32385L. H. Bailey, in his 1901 edition of Cyclopedia of Horticulture writes: 'In North America there was little commercial Horticulture before the opening of thenineteenth century.' 'The earliest writings on American plants were by physicians, and naturalists who desiredto e...
