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| | University of Delaware. Suitable for Cultivation. Landscape Architecture |
 | | The pattern of enclosed courtyard gardens is also seen in many Greek and Roman examples, but there was also a tradition of large, open garden landscapes as reflected in the terraced gardens of Babylon, the Greek sacred landscape, and Roman villa garden. |
 | | This is particularly evident in the vast transformation of the gardens at Stowe, Birminghamshire, from the original enclosed, geometrical design to a sprawling, irregular form with undulating lawns, meandering streams, irregularly shaped ponds, and encircling woodland. |
 | | By the 1740s Stowe was the epitome of the new "picturesque" style. |
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