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Botanical History On This Day1861 Birthday of British garden designer Thomas Hayton Mawson, a pioneering landscape architect whose influential book, The Art and Craft of Garden Making, shaped modern garden design. From private estates to public projects like the Peace Palace gardens in The Hague and Smoky Mountains National Park, Mawson’s legacy endures in elegant, thoughtful landscapes.
1884 Birthday of British garden architect Cecil Ross Pinsent, known for creating…
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