An edict from 1773 dealt with protecting and increasing oak wood. For the first time the focus was on a specific species of tree that was under particular threat.
Garden art picked up on ideas of naturalness. Hohenzieritz in Mecklenburg received, at the end of the 18th century, the latest natural design in the sense of "benefit and decoration." The palace garden was one of the most beautiful garden monuments in the country and the oldest English style landscape park in the region.
