Posts Tagged ‘English garden style’
The Garden Revolutionary: Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell’s Natural Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 13, 1750 On this day, my dearest fellow gardening enthusiasts, we celebrate the birth of a true revolutionary in the art of landscape design – Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell. And what a…
Read MoreSir Edwin “Ned” Lutyens: The Architect Who Shaped English Country Gardens with Gertrude Jekyll
The Palette of a Garden Designer Today is the birthday of the English Architect Sir Edwin Lutyens (“Lutchins”). Edwin went by Ned. When Ned was almost forty, he was hired to work on a house for the great garden designer and horticulturist Gertrude Jekyll. It was the beginning of a professional collaboration and friendship that had profound…
Read MoreWilliam Robinson: The Revolutionary Who Liberated Our Gardens
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 15, 1838 Dear readers, today we celebrate the birth of none other than William Robinson, that revolutionary figure who dared to liberate our gardens from the tyrannical regime of formal landscaping! Born…
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