The Italian Garden at Weston Park, looking west from the upper floor of the House

The Italian Garden at Weston - like all formal parterre gardens - is best seen from above. From this perspective, the formality and the geometrical patterns of the beds can be best appreciated. Weston's Italian Garden is defined by balustraded walls - a feature that the garden designer William Brodrick Thomas often used in gardens, such as the formal gardens of Henham, Suffolk and Althorp, Northants. Beyond the Italian Garden at Weston, the informal landscape of Capability Brown's west pleasure ground - the Shrewsbury Walk - provides an informal contrast