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The Sleepy History of the English Landscape Garden
Wed, 14 May 2025
Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧Writer: Jo Steer ✍️Sound effects: cheerful garden birdsong 🐦⬛ Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, relax in an English landscape garden, and learn how these beautifully designed spaces became popular in the 18th century. 😴 Includes mentions of: Science & Nature, History, British History, Work, Architecture, Spring. Watch, listen and comment on this episode on the Get Sleepy YouTube channel. And hit subscribe while you're there! Enjoy various playlists of our stories and meditations on our Slumber Studios Spotify profile. Tonight's Sponsors Shopify. Sign up for a $1 per month trial period at shopify.com/getsleepy. Support Us Get Sleepy’s Premium Feed: getsleepy.com/support/ Get Sleepy Merchandise: getsleepy.com/store Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/get-sleepy/id1487513861 Connect Stay up to date on all our news and even vote on upcoming episodes! Website: getsleepy.com/ Facebook: facebook.com/getsleepypod/ Instagram: instagram.com/getsleepypod/ Twitter: twitter.com/getsleepypod Our Apps Redeem exclusive unlimited access to Premium content for 1 month FREE in our mobile apps built by the Get Sleepy and Slumber Studios team: Deep Sleep Sounds: deepsleepsounds.com/getsleepy/ Slumber: slumber.fm/getsleepy/ FAQs Have a query for us or need help with something? You might find your answer here: Get Sleepy FAQs About Get Sleepy Get Sleepy is the #1 story-telling podcast designed to help you get a great night’s rest. By combining sleep meditations with a relaxing bedtime story, each episode will guide you gently towards sleep. Get Sleepy Premium Get instant access to ad-free episodes and Thursday night bonus episodes by subscribing to our premium feed. It's easy! Sign up in two taps! Get Sleepy Premium feed includes: Monday and Wednesday night episodes (with zero ads). An exclusive Thursday night bonus episode. Access to the entire back catalog (also ad-free). Extra-long episodes. Exclusive sleep meditation episodes. Discounts on merchandise. We’ll love you forever. Get your 7-day free trial: getsleepy.com/support. Thank you so much for listening! Feedback? Let us know your thoughts! getsleepy.com/contact-us/. Get Sleepy is a production of Slumber Studios. Check out our podcasts, apps, and more at slumberstudios.com. That’s all for now. Sweet dreams ❤️ 😴 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Welcome to Get Sleepy, where we listen, we relax, and we get sleepy. As always, I'm your host, Thomas. I'm so glad you've joined me for tonight's sleepy tale, as we explore the beauty of an English landscape garden. It's a style that was made fashionable in 18th century England, organic and informal, like a painting brought to life.
We'll learn about the history of this type of design as we imagine ourselves in just such a garden. Thank you to Joe for writing this one. Visiting gardens like those described in tonight's story is one of those classic British days out, especially on a nice sunny day. So it was fun to record it and learn a bit of history about English landscape gardens for myself. Now,
This is one of those beautiful moments where there's nowhere to be and nothing to do. Move into whatever position feels most comfortable to you and close your eyes. I'd like you to imagine a gorgeous flower with its soft, sweet petals right beneath your nose. As you breathe in, you take in its fragrance and absorb the flower's beauty.
At the end of the inhale, pause for a moment and hold the breath Then breathe out slowly. Let's try that again. Breathe in the scent of the flower. Hold the breath for a moment. Then release it like you're blowing out a candle. Enjoy the sensation of just letting go. And let's finish by noticing the body and mind and observing any changes that might have taken place.
Appreciate where the mind is calmer and more present where the muscles have softened and the body feels comfortable. Now, we're ready to begin our story and to learn about the history of the English Landscape Garden. Picture yourself sitting on a comfortable outdoor bench in the morning sunshine.
Your bench is at the top of a huge grassy slope, and as such, it offers views far across the countryside. You see sheep grazing on a distant hilltop around what look like ancient ruins, illuminated in the sunlight. Between you and the hill, there's a blue-green river, curving elegantly across the land. Stretching across it is a stone bridge with arches underneath it.
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