From the walled gardens of grand stately homes to the quintessential cottage garden, painting the garden has been a great source of inspiration to artists across the centuries. Perhaps the most famous was Claude Monet. Not only was he known for his landscape paintings, which captured the transitional qualities of light and colour, but he was also asked to design other people’s gardens, based on his experience of creating his famous waterlily garden at his home in Giverny, just outside Paris. When constructing this, he made sure he was involved in the choice of flowers, so he had constant inspiration available throughout the year for creating his paintings.
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