English nobles were increasingly able to build undefended, hospitable homes equipped with pleasure gardens displaying exotic fauna introduced from the Americas and Indies. Marylebone Gardens was visited by Samuel Pepys on 7 May 1668: "And we abroad to Marrowbone, and there walked in the garden, the first time I ever was there, and a pretty place it is".
English nobility were increasingly able to construct undefended, welcoming residences equipped with pleasure gardens featuring exotic animals brought from the Americas and Indies. Marylebone Gardens was visited by Samuel Pepys on May 7th, 1668: "And we abroad to Marrowbone, and there walked in the garden, the first time I ever was there, and a pretty place it is".