Chatsworth House and Gardens - Part 04
w/e 18 April 2020
All of this week's pictures were
taken with a Kodak DX6490
The coronavirus continues as do the lockdown restrictions
so unable to travel far from home means that this selection of
images concludes the retrospective look at our day out at Chatsworth
in October 2007.
Turning away from the Emperor Fountain we followed the path to
the Ring Pond and the rock garden beyond. It must be a full time
job keeping all these high hedges trimmed!
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Joseph Paxton designed many of the gardens at Chatsworth and
his rock garden started in 1842 included a waterfall.
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There are many paths up, around and through the rock garden and
from one of the higher ones, there is a view back between the
high hedges to the Ring Pond.
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Paxton's aim to create "picturesque assemblages of natural
rocks" was certainly achieved and the passage of time and
nature have only enhanced it.
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Leaving the rock garden and heading back towards the house provides
a good view of the east side of the building.
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In 2007 there was a temporary exhibition of modern and contemporary
sculpture but there are many older sculptures dotted about the
grounds like these four.
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One of Chatsworth's more celebrated and famous features is the
gravity-fed Cascade.
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The foot of the Cascade and another view of the east side of
the house make it a "must see" spot for almost every
visitor to Chatsworth. As no water is pumped back up the hill,
in dry spells the flow of water is restricted.
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On our way back to the house we passed a small (relatively) formal
garden with box hedges.
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And of course there are a number of large greenhouses to maintain
as well as all the gardens and grounds which keep the gardening
staff busy all year round. As it's thirteen years sine our day
out at Chatsworth, maybe when the lockdown restrictions are lifted,
it could be time for a return visit.
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