John Evelyn: Garden Theory, Garden Practice
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John Evelyn: Sayes Court At Sayes Court in Deptford, Evelyn put his theories into practice and produced one of London's greatest gardens. Though now long lost, we can rediscover the garden in minute detail thanks to a plan drawn up to Evelyn's instructions when he first began to lay out the garden in the early 1650s. It was "the guide of all our designs". The meticulous plan, provided with a key describing every feature, gives a unique and vivid evocation of the garden one contemporary called "the little world that goes under the name of Sayes Court." It was first intended to communicate his ideas for the estate to his father-in-law, but the detailed nature of the plan suggests that Evelyn also had publication in mind. |
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