The Master of Landscapes: Remembering Capability Brown’s Enduring Gardens

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Lady Nature’s Second Husband Today is the anniversary of the death of the renowned landscape gardener Lancelot Capability Brown. In the 1730s, Lancelot ended up at Stowe, working for the great William Kent – the eminent painter and Landscape Architect. The garden at Stowe was a landscape garden with lots of straight lines and formality.…

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Capability Brown: The Birthday of Britain’s Landscape Visionary

Lancelot "Capability" Brown (1716-1783), is widely recognized as the pre-eminent designer of landscapes in 18th-century England, transforming overc. 250 gardens and parklands in England and Wales.

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 30, 1716 My darling green-thumbed companions, it’s the birthday of Lancelot Brown, who was born on this day in 1716. Our dear Lancelot—destined for horticultural greatness—found himself at Stowe working under the…

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