‘We have discovered the point of perfection. We have given the true model of gardening to the world; let other countries mimic or corrupt our taste; but let it reign here on its verdant throne, original by its elegant simplicity, and proud of no other art than that of softening Nature’s harshness and copying her graceful touch.’
Horace Walpole (24 September 1717 - 2 Maart 1797)