The new formal garden at Arundel has been conceived as a light-hearted
tribute to Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel (1585-1646), known as
‘The Collector’. He died in exile in Padua during the English Civil War
and though his body was brought back to England and buried in the
Fitzalan Chapel at Arundel, the elaborate tomb which he had specified in
his will was never erected. This garden, adjoining the church, may now
be an appropriate memorial for the future.
The garden is an evocation of a Jacobean garden, not a re-creation. In
the words of its brilliant and original designers ‘it aims to stand
alone, to be pleasing, timeless and memorable’. It is an appropriate new
addition to the architectural ensemble at Arundel Castle which
stretches back over nearly a thousand years to the establishment of the
Norman Castle in 1067.
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