One of the first architects to influence the landscapes was Bridgeman. He was the inventor of the garden and landscape feature known as the ha-ha. In the Stowe it an for three miles total. This was meant to keep the cows and other large animals out of the garden and away from the house. This stemmed from the idea of "borrowed land". He was a transitional artist, there were bits of Baroque brought into the landscape although Baroque was vanishing and curvy lines were being introduced. His style to the garden added beauty but also low maintenance and low expense. It was rather to the British benefit because the owners typically made money off of the land. Bridgeman then built and designed the garden Stowe for Vanbrugh that was rather trendy. He sculpted the lawn and provided a layout with more formal elements being broken up by groups of trees and water. The main access was present however, there were many curved lines around it, offering a more informal look.
After Bridgeman was done, Kent came in and created a rather picturesque theater element to Stowe. In a way he turned it into 3-D art and were classically inspired. His gardens consisted of grottoes, temples and statues. It offered more than what Bridgeman did. These large features allowed for distant views of them through the open trees and hilly grass/lawn area. This led to a rather sculpted and picturesque garden. This landscape was meant to look like it was designed a certain way, not meant to be natural looking. The curvy paths he added to the garden created a large change to the garden's over head view. It also made the walking paths a bit more interesting because they intersected other paths to the large features within the garden.
Finally, Lancelot added onto the design of Stowe. Lancelot was a commoner but was well educated and did a great job with the landscape through the societal and political events at this time. Stowe was designed to tell a story of the classics, politics, and sexual and moral narratives. Lancelot designed it so that when you read into it, one would start to see the layers of the tales. The classic story of the garden is telling the story of Hercules and his decision. He was given a moral choice between living a virtuous and tough life vs. a pleasurable life of vice. He chose the virtuous life of pain which is described and told through the split of the garden into the east and west side. The western garden represents the tale of lust which tells the vice life. The east side tells the story of the painful life which was believed among society to be the right life to take. The temple of ancient virtue represents the virtuous people in life through their statues. Overall, Lancelot did not intend for Stowe to be 3 dimensional or theatrical. It was instead meant to be enjoyed in and of itself through its own beauty offered.
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