Pleasure Garden

Pleasure Garden. . From 1798 to 1806, the Blennerhassetts created two different gardens on their island estate: a one-acre kitchen garden that lay southwest of the mansion growing fruits and vegetables and. to the northwest, a 2⅓ acre pleasure garden filled with flowers, trees and shrubs. while the smaller plot supplied the needs of the table, the flower garden (also known as an “English garden”) existed solely to provide enjoyment to its owners and their guests. As a result, the 18th-century also called such places “pleasure-garden,” and “pleasure-grounds.” , Surrounded by a high paling fence with espaliered fruit trees, the pleasure garden was tended by an English gardener named Peter Taylor. The pleasure garden was laid out in a naturalistic style that had originated in mid-18th-century England. Instead of the straight graveled paths with sharp corners that had prevailed before, curving paths of the new fashion meandered through an expanse of flowers and trees. These, along with a fish pond, hothouses, maze, and summerhouse, transformed this part of the estate into a floral paradise.