Een driepuntsbrug op De Horte bij Dalfsen

The first addition to my ‘triple bridges’ map in almost five years is the one at De Horte, near Dalfsen. It is shown on a survey map dated c1820, but could it have been created just after 1800, around the time of the one at Den Alerdinck, not even five kilometers to the south of De Horte?

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The first addition to my ‘triple bridges’ map in almost five years is the one at De Horte, near Dalfsen. It is shown on a survey map dated c1820, but could it have been created just after 1800, around the time of the one at Den Alerdinck, not even five kilometers to the south of De Horte?

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Een blik op Tuinenga’s kwekerij bij Dokkum

A recently restored painting of almost 2.5 meters long caught my eye the other day. Diving into the history of the portrayed area and identifying the owners of the nursery, I also spotted a garden owner who is well known in Dutch garden history. For now, there is little more than a tentatively interesting but frustratingly small connection between the two.

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A recently restored painting of almost 2.5 meters long caught my eye the other day. Diving into the history of the portrayed area and identifying the owners of the nursery, I also spotted a garden owner who is well known in Dutch garden history. For now, there is little more than a tentatively interesting but frustratingly small connection between the two.

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Triple bridges, a new map

Just a short note that another map has been added to the collection. This time it does not focus on gardens in a region, but on a certain type of garden feature: the triple bridge. Also known in French as Triple pont or Pont triangulaire, and in Dutch as Driepuntsbrug,…

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The importance of looking ‘beyond’

The triple bridge (driepuntsbrug) does not seem to be confined to the Northern Netherlands after all. In fact, it may have originated abroad (*gasp*).

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The triple bridge (driepuntsbrug) does not seem to be confined to the Northern Netherlands after all. In fact, it may have originated abroad (*gasp*).

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Squeezed between trees

A question: when did landscape architects start planting two trees close together on either side of a garden path, so the casual visitor feels the path narrows considerably?

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A question: when did landscape architects start planting two trees close together on either side of a garden path, so the casual visitor feels the path narrows considerably?

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