1700 - 1772: Two Royal Gardens

For London, the early 18th Century was a time of blossoming culture, with writers, artists and musicians being drawn to the capital for access to aristocratic patronage and a growing commercial market. The capital was teeming with people, with an appetite for entertainment and diversion and an ever-increasing demand for housing. Some of the aristocracy moved out of London altogether and indulged their new enthusiasms for architecture and gardens. Meanwhile, there was a minority who believed that the wrong king was on the throne.

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Richmond Gardens & Ormonde Lodge

Richmond Gardens, Queen Caroline & English Landscape Gardening

Charles Bridgeman at Richmond

The politics of landscapes

George II and the Greenings

Richmond Gardens and 'Capability' Brown

The legacy of Bridgeman, Kent & Brown

Kew Farm becomes the White House

Kew Gardens, Princess Augusta & William Chambers

Further buildings at Kew

Kew's fame on the Continent

Kew's first botanic garden

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