The poet Alexander Pope was an early enthusiast for the Chinese view of nature and, with the help of Burlington, built a small garden on the bank of the winding Thames river in the south London suburbs. It had no fence, parallel paths or symmetrical flower beds. He planned to make it a place where he could engage in literary and artistic pursuits.
早年鼓吹中國自然觀的大詩人波普，也曾經在勃靈頓公爵的掖助下，在倫敦南郊泰晤士河岸，自建一座沒有圍牆、沒有平行路徑，也沒有對稱花圃的新式小園，打算在此琴棋書畫、寫作自娛。