CONVERGING LANDSCAPES Sarah Welcome to the Triton Lake stop. Here we will tell you why this is the one most popular spots in the garden. Anthony You get a wonderful sense of many completely different types of landscape garden design merging successfully here. The tiered Baroque terraces cascade down from the Italian Gardens. Sarah They stop dramatically at the winged horses. Alex The Lake with its Triton jet is a great example of the 18th century idea of a romantic garden. Anthony It is wonderful how the borrowed landscape of the wooded Dargle valley makes the gardens seem almost infinite. THE LAKE Sarah A small pond was transformed into this dramatic lake and fountain in the 1840’s providing a focal point within the garden view. Alex The theatrically composed planting around it is the vision of Mervyn Wingfield. Sarah There is a family action quest stop here called ‘Monsters.’ It gives an entertaining insight into the mythology associated with the sculptures Mervyn added such as Triton and Poseidon. MYSTERIOUS ORIENT Anthony The sunken valley of the Japanese Garden is completely screened from view by the planting.Yes, whichever way you approach it the garden comes as a complete surprise. Alex Enjoy exploring these oriental gardens and the great trees of Tower Valley beyond.